Archbishop Paul Martin received his Metropolitan Archbishop’s pallium during the 5pm Mass at St Mary of the Angels church in Wellington on Sunday 5 November. Martin is the Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand. He had been expecting to receive the pallium from the Papal Nuncio, Archbishop Novatus Rugambwa. But Rugambwa – the Pope’s diplomatic representative Read more
In a historic development for New Zealand, Archbishop Paul Martin is set to receive his pallium in Wellington from Papal Nuncio Archbishop Novatus Rugambwa. This marks a departure from the tradition of archbishops travelling to Rome to receive the pallium directly from the Pope. Instead, Martin will receive it by mail. The pallium is a Read more
Pope Francis has told the 34 metropolitan archbishops he appointed within the past year that the Church’s pastors “need to be set free time and time again” from worldliness, rigidity, dubious associations with power and fear of being misunderstood. “Like Paul, we are called to be set free from hypocritical outward show, free from the Read more