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We think it's time that Catholics stop being Catholic

A letter from the NZ Bishops to the young people in this country has finally made it to the Dominion Post this morning. But, rather than really highlighting the contents of the letter, the paper chose to add some controversy by getting a quote by a group of non-Catholics who are basically calling upon Catholics to stop being so Catholic!! What on earth is our problem, believing that morality is set in stone and unable to change with the times?? A letter to young people from Roman Catholic bishops condemning gay marriage has been rejected by other Christian leaders. The letter to "Kiwis of Generation Y" from all six of New Zealand's Catholic bishops advises against allowing same-sex couples to marry in the eyes of the law for the sake of "society as a whole". "This is no small matter, nor quibbling about words; this is an attempt to re-engineer the status and structure of family life in New Zealand," they wrote. Fifty clergy and laity from An...

NZ Bishops Ad Limina visit to Rome

Today the Bishop of Auckland, Patrick Dunn, is off to Rome with all the other NZ Bishops for their 5-yearly ad limina visit, last observed 7 years ago. On his website, he talks about the visit being completed before Christmas. The ad limina visit to Rome is a formal process during which bishops give an account of their Dioceses to the Holy Father and various Vatican Offices.  Bishop Dunn's podcast is the only place in the media that I can find any mention of the NZ Bishops going on their ad limina visit. No mention in the Wel-Com paper, or in Bishop Dunn's NZ Catholic paper. I emailed Angela Pike late last week , the Communications Advisor listed on the Catholic Church of NZ website, asking her when the NZ ad limina visits were to occur.  I've had no reply. Contrast this almost complete silence with the American media coverage. When the Australian Bishops had finished their visits, Roco Palmo on his blog said that this completed all the visits from the Anglo wor...