spirit of Jesus - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Sun, 23 Feb 2020 21:59:07 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg spirit of Jesus - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Police escort young man dressed like Jesus out of Mass https://cathnews.co.nz/2020/02/24/man-dressed-like-jesus-for-mass/ Mon, 24 Feb 2020 07:20:35 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=124406 After talking to the young man Gina Christian says: "I could only marvel at how closely the young man resembled popular depictions of Jesus. The long curls and beard; the large, expressive eyes; the earnest demeanour — all swirled into a nagging possibility at that late hour in the chapel: 'Lord, is it really You?'" Read more

Police escort young man dressed like Jesus out of Mass... Read more]]> After talking to the young man Gina Christian says: "I could only marvel at how closely the young man resembled popular depictions of Jesus. The long curls and beard; the large, expressive eyes; the earnest demeanour — all swirled into a nagging possibility at that late hour in the chapel: 'Lord, is it really You?'" Read more

Police escort young man dressed like Jesus out of Mass]]> 124406 Clergy seeking personal gain instead of helping others rebuked https://cathnews.co.nz/2016/09/16/clergy-personal-gain-rebuked/ Thu, 15 Sep 2016 16:53:07 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=87119 Clergy seeking personal gain rather than helping those in need do not follow the spirit of Jesus who took upon himself the sufferings of others, Pope Francis said. Jesus often would rebuke leaders who use their positions for personal gain and warned his followers to "do what they say, but not what they do," the Read more

Clergy seeking personal gain instead of helping others rebuked... Read more]]> Clergy seeking personal gain rather than helping those in need do not follow the spirit of Jesus who took upon himself the sufferings of others, Pope Francis said.

Jesus often would rebuke leaders who use their positions for personal gain and warned his followers to "do what they say, but not what they do," the pope said Sept. 14 at his weekly general audience.

"Jesus was not a prince," the pope said. "It is awful for the church when pastors become princes, far from the people, far from the poorest people. That is not the spirit of Jesus." Read more

 

 

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