Dunedin diocesan staff, priests and members of the Diocesan Pastoral Council have heard Dr Michael Stevens, a local Kai Tahu…
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“Great shame and sorrow” over abuse of Māori in Church care
Physical, sexual, emotional, and cultural harm occurred to Māori in the care of the Catholic Church, the Royal Commission on…
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A reflection on Querida Amazonia – Bishop Stephen Lowe
Pope Francis’ 2015 encyclical letter Laudato Si’, on care for our common home, the earth, continued the tradition of the…
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Māori Language Week: a plea for Māori Masses
by Eljon Fitzgerald The first Catholic missionaries to Aotearoa made the effort to learn the Māori language to enable them…
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NZ bishops raise ethnicity as factor in ending-of-life debate
New Zealand’s Catholic bishops have warned that one majority culture should not impose its will on other cultures on the question of…
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