The Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences last week concluded a meeting to address growing concerns in Asia over sexual abuse within the Church. Conference organizers barred access and refused comment to journalists attempting to cover the event. A letter posted by the Federation’s Office of the Clergy in January invited “cardinals, archbishops, bishops and formators” Read more
Hometown rugby club and marae whanau have expressed their support and aroha for their young Ngati Kahungunu descendent, Zac Guildford Speaking from Papawai, just outside Greytown, Paora Ammunson says the young rugby star has had huge challenges to overcome and it is clear he has many more ahead of him. A speaker for Papawai Marae, Read more
The media have more or less ignored the Catholic Bishops’ recent press release titled “Euthanasia dangerous threat to society”. Right to Life has applauded the Catholic Bishops for their timely warning and has expressed disappointment that it has not received more publicity. “The Bishops are the spiritual leaders of more than 500,000 baptised Catholics in New Zealand Read more
“An object lesson in what not to do” is how Association of Catholic Priests founder, Fr Brendan Hoban described last weeks interview and the statement issued by former Cloyne bishop, John Magee. The media events were Magee’s first comments in five weeks on the Murphy Report into the handling of sexual abuse in the Cloyne Read more