Comments on: NZ bishops and congregational leaders make commitments in response to royal commission https://nzcatholic.org.nz/2023/01/12/nz-bishops-and-congregational-leaders-make-commitments-in-response-to-royal-commission/ The New Zealand National Catholic Newspaper Thu, 12 Jan 2023 19:46:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 By: Michael Otto https://nzcatholic.org.nz/2023/01/12/nz-bishops-and-congregational-leaders-make-commitments-in-response-to-royal-commission/#comment-90267 Thu, 12 Jan 2023 19:46:18 +0000 https://nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=26426#comment-90267 The royal commission did not permit people testifying to wear clerical or religious attire as it was considered to be traumatising to survivors – Editor

]]> By: Peter Hardie https://nzcatholic.org.nz/2023/01/12/nz-bishops-and-congregational-leaders-make-commitments-in-response-to-royal-commission/#comment-90244 Thu, 12 Jan 2023 09:57:28 +0000 https://nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=26426#comment-90244 Dear Editor,

I must say that I am rather shocked by the photograph that accompanies this article. I recognised the person in the photograph as His Eminence Cardinal Dew. Was he appearing at the Royal Commission in a personal capacity ? That the Cardinal elected to appear at the Commission in a business suit, begs the question – is he ashamed of his ecclesiastical office or is he ashamed of the Church that he is the leader of ? Yesterday, as covered in your paper, Cardinal Pell’s death was announced. The Cardinal never attempted to distance himself from his office, the Church and our Faith. What might history say of Cardinal Dew ?

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