catholic politicians – NZ Catholic Newspaper https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz The New Zealand National Catholic Newspaper Wed, 07 Feb 2018 02:43:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.5 Pope: Catholic social teaching can contribute to building just society https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2017/08/31/pope-catholic-social-teaching-can-contribute-building-just-society/ https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2017/08/31/pope-catholic-social-teaching-can-contribute-building-just-society/#respond Thu, 31 Aug 2017 01:36:45 +0000 https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=15804 VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Catholic politicians should be guided by the church’s moral and social teachings when crafting legislation, Pope Francis said. Meeting with participants in the annual meeting of the International Catholic Legislators Network Aug. 27, the pope said that church teaching can contribute to a more humane and just society, but only if

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]]> https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2017/08/31/pope-catholic-social-teaching-can-contribute-building-just-society/feed/ 0 Politicians who support gay marriage are not Catholic, says cardinal https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2010/02/25/politicians-who-support-gay-marriage-are-not-catholic-says-cardinal/ https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2010/02/25/politicians-who-support-gay-marriage-are-not-catholic-says-cardinal/#respond Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:00:00 +0000 http://nzcatholic.iconmedia.co.nz/?p=2623 VATICAN CITY (CNS) Public officials who openly support same-sex marriage cannot consider themselves to be Catholic, said an Italian cardinal. "It’s impossible to consider oneself a Catholic if that person in one way or another recognizes same-sex marriage as a right," said Cardinal Carlo Caffarra of Bologna. The Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, reprinted a portion

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