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Thursday, November 16th, 2023
The Vatican has responded to Bishop of Christchurch Michael Gielen’s request for help dealing with unauthorised exorcisms and related spiritual abuse in the Diocese. The retired bishop of Toowoomba, Robert McGuckin (pictured), has been tasked with conducting an Apostolic Visitation to investigate the allegations. The former professor of Canon Law at the University of Notre Read more
Tags: Archbishop Paul Martin, Bishop Michael Gielen, Christchurch, Christchurch Diocese, Exorcism, NZ Catholic Bishops Conference, Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer, Transalpine Redemptorists
Posted in Great reads, New Zealand, Top Story | Comments Off on More exorcisms! The Vatican acts
Monday, September 25th, 2023
The New Zealand Catholic bishops’ election statement wants elected politicians to focus on issues that matter. They say that scandals and trivia that dominate public debate shouldn’t be on the 2023 election agenda. The bishops’ Election Statement for the 2023 General Election says increasing numbers of people are becoming disillusioned and people are disenfranchised because Read more
Tags: Catholic values, NZ Catholic Bishops Conference, NZ Election 2023, Politics, scandal
Posted in New Zealand | Comments Off on Avoid trivia and scandals – NZ Bishops’ election statement
Thursday, August 3rd, 2023
Following allegations of unauthorised exorcisms, Bishop Michael Gielen has suspended all exorcisms in the Christchurch diocese and ordered a comprehensive review of the practice. Gielen is currently in Portugal at World Youth Day. The announcement arrives in the wake of a report by TV3 journalist Michael Morrah that exposed alleged unapproved exorcisms conducted by the Read more
Tags: Archbishop Paul Martin, Bishop Michael Gielen, Christchurch, Christchurch Diocese, Communication, Exorcism, NZ Catholic Bishops Conference, Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer, Transalpine Redemptorists
Posted in New Zealand, Top Story | Comments Off on Exorcisms suspended by Christchurch bishop
Monday, July 31st, 2023
The recent television reporting of exorcisms and potential abuse by a fringe religious group in the Diocese of Christchurch is deeply disturbing on several levels. Poor Church communication is in the spotlight. The nub of the issue is why a fringe group, that does not belong to the mainstream of the Church and does not Read more
Tags: Christchurch, Christchurch Diocese, Communication, Exorcism, NZ Catholic Bishops Conference, Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer, Transalpine Redemptorists
Posted in Analysis and Comment, Great reads | Comments Off on Poor Church communication helps trivialise exorcism
Monday, May 15th, 2023
Three of four New Zealand Catholic bishops (NZCBC), the national body for the bishops of New Zealand have new leadership roles. With two dioceses still waiting for a bishop, New Zealand has only four bishops and the changes follow the retirement of Cardinal John Dew. The positions were announced following the Conference meeting in Auckland Read more
Tags: NZ Catholic Bishops Conference
Posted in New Zealand, News Shorts | Comments Off on NZ Catholic Bishops Conference leadership positions announced
Monday, October 17th, 2022
The new pastoral guidelines concerning gender and sexuality are “groundbreaking”, says New Ways Ministry’s Robert Shine. Primarily targeting Catholic educators, “Aroha and Diversity in Catholic Schools” is the opposite of so many policies which have harmed students and upset school communities in recent years, Shine comments. The document clearly shows the bishops’ core concern is Read more
Tags: Catholic Education, Diversity, Diversity Guidelines, Gender diversity, LGBTQI, LGBTQIA+, NZ Bishops, NZ Catholic Bishops Conference, Social justice
Posted in New Zealand, Top Story | Comments Off on Globally groundbreaking NZ bishops
Thursday, October 6th, 2022
New diversity guidelines for the country’s 235 Catholic schools offer support for rangatahi with regard to sexual diversity. New Zealand’s Catholic bishops, who released the guidelines, say all young people in Catholic schools are to be welcomed, supported and encouraged. This is important as they navigate their journey from childhood to adult and discover more Read more
Tags: Diversity, Diversity Guidelines, Gender diversity, LGBTQI, NZ Catholic Bishops Conference
Posted in New Zealand, Palmerston | Comments Off on New Catholic diversity guidelines welcome all rangatahi
Monday, September 5th, 2022
Catholics are being urged to support New Zealand’s under-funded hospices and palliative care services. Donating, volunteering in hospice shops and asking members of Parliament and the Government to make palliative care a priority are some options. NZ Catholic Bishops Conference Secretary, Bishop Stephen Lowe, says hospices provide a free service to 20,000 palliative care patients Read more
Tags: Bioethics, Hospice care, NZ Catholic Bishops Conference, Palliatve care
Posted in Great reads, New Zealand | Comments Off on Catholics to help NZ’s hospices and palliative care services