Synod on the family 2015 – NZ Catholic Newspaper https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz The New Zealand National Catholic Newspaper Wed, 28 Feb 2018 01:30:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.4 Synod attendee thinks the Pope’s done a good job https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2016/05/05/synod-attendee-thinks-the-popes-done-a-good-job/ https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2016/05/05/synod-attendee-thinks-the-popes-done-a-good-job/#respond Thu, 05 May 2016 03:49:36 +0000 http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=12683 Sharron Coles from Wellington, who attended the Synod on the Family in Rome last year, said the Pope’s document, Amoris Laetitia — the Joy of Love, did not surprise her. “I think pretty much everything in there, in some way or another, came up at the synod and was discussed at the synod,” she said, or else was in the final

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]]> https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2016/05/05/synod-attendee-thinks-the-popes-done-a-good-job/feed/ 0 ‘Our families’ need recognition, friendship, New Zealand cardinal says https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2015/10/13/our-families-need-recognition-friendship-new-zealand-cardinal-says/ https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2015/10/13/our-families-need-recognition-friendship-new-zealand-cardinal-says/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2015 20:42:55 +0000 http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=11721 By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Members of the Synod of Bishops are not talking about “the family,” but about “our families” — real people who deserve recognition, friendship and a helping hand, said New Zealand Cardinal John Dew of Wellington. “One of the big things that is being spoken about a great deal

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]]> https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2015/10/13/our-families-need-recognition-friendship-new-zealand-cardinal-says/feed/ 3 Two NZ lay people at synod https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2015/10/12/two-nz-lay-people-at-synod/ https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2015/10/12/two-nz-lay-people-at-synod/#respond Sun, 11 Oct 2015 20:30:11 +0000 http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=11708 by ROWENA OREJANA New Zealand’s lay representatives to the Synod on the Family being held this month at the Vatican hope their backgrounds and experiences in raising Catholic families will contribute to the richness of the meeting. Sharron Cole, who is the CEO of the Midwifery Council and chairs the boards of Parents Centres New

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]]> https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2015/10/12/two-nz-lay-people-at-synod/feed/ 0 Pope says synod is not parliament, but place to listen to Holy Spirit https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2015/10/06/pope-says-synod-is-not-parliament-but-place-to-listen-to-holy-spirit/ https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2015/10/06/pope-says-synod-is-not-parliament-but-place-to-listen-to-holy-spirit/#respond Mon, 05 Oct 2015 20:26:30 +0000 http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=11676 By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The world Synod of Bishops on the family is not a parliament where participants will negotiate or lobby, Pope Francis said, but it must be a place of prayer where bishops speak with courage and open themselves to “God who always surprises us.” Opening the first working session

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