New Zealand cardinal offers churches as COVID vaccination sites
John Dew, the Archbishop of Wellington, echoed Pope Francis's support for the shots and said Catholics have a 'moral responsibility to protect themselves and others.'
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Cardinal suspends Mass, confession as New Zealand clamps down on COVID again
Cdl. John Dew wrote that 'we need to proceed with the utmost caution in the archdiocese' until Tuesday.
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New Zealand cardinal asks laity to stop calling priests ‘Father’ to fight ‘clericalism’
'Being called 'Father' may seem important to some priests, but is it really that important?'
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New Zealand bishop calls changing LGBT attitudes a ‘Galileo moment’ for Church
Hamilton Bishop Stephen Lowe: 'The Church has got to engage with the science and engage with the experience of couples with same-sex attraction.'
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Cardinal says Pope Francis inspired him to get ‘creative’ in liturgy, lets lay people read Gospel
The archbishop of Wellington eliminated the first two readings at Sunday Mass and directed lay persons to read and re-read the Gospel with periods of silent meditation.
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This cardinal has opposed Church teaching on marriage for years. Why did the pope handpick him for the Synod?
It would seem clear that Pope Francis was well aware of the cardinal's opinions.
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