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Catholic and Anglican bishops off to Rome

Michael Otto — Sun, 26 Jun 2016 21:52:05 +0000

Cardinal John Dew is to be one of New Zealand’s representatives at an event in Rome at which pairs of Anglican and Catholic bishops from different countries will meet Pope Francis and the Archbishop of Canterbury. The event, which is scheduled for October 5-7, will reportedly involve pairs of Anglican and Catholic bishops from 36 countries. According to a report on Vatican Radio, the

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Good things from the West Coast

Michael Otto — Thu, 05 Mar 2015 20:54:13 +0000

GOD KNOWS WHERE THEY COME FROM! — Four Faith Stories from Hokitika (Craigs Design & Print Limited, Invercargill, 2014; www.craigprint.co.nz); $29.90. Reviewed by Bishop PATRICK DUNN. This is a fascinating account of the lives of four church leaders who all have their origins in the small West Coast town of Hokitika. Hokitika now has a

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NZ Anglican prelate appointed to Rome and Vatican roles

NZ Catholic Staff — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:43:06 +0000

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HAMILTON — The Anglican Archbishop of New Zealand, Archbishop David Moxon, is heading to Rome as the Anglican Communion’s chief representative to the Roman Catholic Church.echo $variable;

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Denominations can learn from each other

Michael Otto — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 03:31:09 +0000

by DAN STOLLENWERK AUCKLAND — Instead of asking what other denominations might learn from our beliefs, we must begin to ask how we might receive practical wisdom from the way other denominations have faced difficulties within their communions. “Receptive ecumenism” was the overriding theme of discussion at the latest meeting of the Anglican Roman Catholic

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Australian bishop urges prudence as Anglicans join Catholic Church

Michael Otto — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:00:00 +0000

PERTH (CNS) Incorporating traditionalist Anglicans into the Catholic Church must be a "slow, cautious and prudent" path of implementing Pope Benedict XVI’s apostolic constitution, said the bishop in charge of the process in Australia. On November 9, the Vatican published Pope Benedict’s apostolic constitution "Anglicanorum Coetibus" ("Groups of Anglicans") along with specific norms governing the

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Papal document on former Anglicans maintains some Anglican traditions

Vatican City (CNS) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:00:00 +0000

VATICAN CITY (CNS) Former Anglicans entering the Catholic Church can preserve their liturgical traditions, married priests in some circumstances and even a shade of their consultative decision-making processes, according to Pope Benedict XVI’s document on new structures for welcoming the former Anglicans. echo $variable;

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Pope establishes structure for Anglicans uniting with Rome

Vatican City (CNS) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:00:00 +0000

VATICAN CITY (CNS) Pope Benedict XVI has established a special structure for Anglicans who want to be in full communion with the Roman Catholic Church while preserving aspects of their Anglican spiritual and liturgical heritage, said Cardinal William Levada. echo $variable;

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Catholics and Anglicans continue “frank discussion”

Michael Otto — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:00:00 +0000

AUCKLAND Catholic and Anglican members of the Anglican Roman Catholic Commission of Aotearoa New Zealand (ARCCANZ) clergy and lay examined dialogue between the two denominations at their most recent meeting. Catholic Bishop Barry Jones of Christchurch and Anglican Archbishop David Moxon of Hamilton each offered quotes from this years worldwide gathering of Anglican bishops at

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Vatican encouragement for Anglican traditionalists

Michael Otto — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:00:00 +0000

SYDNEY (CWN) A traditionalist Anglican group has received strong Vatican encouragement for its hopes of “corporate unity” with the Catholic Church. Archbishop John Hepworth, the head of the Traditional Anglican Communion (TAC), has received a message from Cardinal William Levada, the prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), promising “serious attention”

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Pope assures Anglicans he is praying for Lambeth Conference

Michael Otto — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:00:00 +0000

CANTERBURY, England (CNS) Pope Benedict XVI has assured Anglicans meeting for their once-a-decade worldwide conference that he and other Catholics are praying for them. In a message to Anglican Archbishop Rowan Williams of Canterbury, spiritual head of the worldwide Anglican Communion, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican’s secretary of state, said the pope was "mindful that

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