https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2015/06/30/massey-honours-nzs-anglican-rep-in-rome/ The New Zealand National Catholic Newspaper Wed, 27 Jan 2016 01:24:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4 https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2015/06/30/massey-honours-nzs-anglican-rep-in-rome/comment-page-1/#comment-6706 Wed, 01 Jul 2015 04:13:13 +0000 http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=10980#comment-6706 Archbishop Moxon innocently manifests the difficulties of ecumenical progress when he praises Pope Francis for what he perceives as the Pope’s “emphasising the collegial nature of his authority, which he shares with other bishops”.
That might be the Anglican structure, but it ain’t Catholic.
When Pope John Paul II visited NZ, our own bishops were reprimanded for their publicity material which heretically described the Pope as “first among equals”.
The Pope’s authority is not shared with other bishops, thank God.

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