Donald Trump – NZ Catholic Newspaper https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz The New Zealand National Catholic Newspaper Thu, 15 Feb 2018 20:30:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.5 In electing Trump, America was revealed https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2017/05/16/electing-trump-america-revealed/ https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2017/05/16/electing-trump-america-revealed/#respond Mon, 15 May 2017 23:20:07 +0000 https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=15065 After his presentation at Christ the King church in Owairaka, Auckland on March 21, The Simple Way’s Shane Claiborne was asked by a member of the audience: “Who do you think Jesus would have voted for in the last [US] election?” The following is Mr Claiborne’s answer. We are out of time. [Laughter] Obviously I am very deeply troubled by the state

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]]> https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2017/05/16/electing-trump-america-revealed/feed/ 0 Trump victory no reason to do away with democracy https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2016/12/19/trump-victory-no-reason-away-democracy/ https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2016/12/19/trump-victory-no-reason-away-democracy/#respond Mon, 19 Dec 2016 00:00:31 +0000 https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=14351 “Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others that have been tried from time to time.”  Winston Churchill is recorded as saying this in the UK House of Commons in 1947. After the election of Donald Trump as United States president on November 8, many have been echoing Churchill’s sentiment, up to the comma. There have

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]]> https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2016/12/19/trump-victory-no-reason-away-democracy/feed/ 0 Opinion : Hope amidst disillusionment? https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2016/08/17/hope-amidst-disillusionment/ https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2016/08/17/hope-amidst-disillusionment/#comments Wed, 17 Aug 2016 00:00:27 +0000 https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=13446 What do Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, Nigel Farage of UK Brexit fame, Philippine’s President Rodrigo Duterte and Pope Francis have in common? They are all “outsiders” who have tapped into a backlash of widespread discontent and anger from hundreds of millions of people who feel disenfranchised by the political, ecclesial and economic establishments which have taken a stranglehold on the global levers and benefits

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]]> https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2016/08/17/hope-amidst-disillusionment/feed/ 1 Building walls to keep immigrants out is not Christian, pope says https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2016/02/19/building-walls-to-keep-immigrants-out-is-not-christian-pope-says/ https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2016/02/19/building-walls-to-keep-immigrants-out-is-not-christian-pope-says/#respond Fri, 19 Feb 2016 05:51:44 +0000 http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=12267 By Cindy Wooden ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM MEXICO (CNS) — As the plane carrying him back to Rome from Mexico was flying over Texas, Pope Francis insisted building walls to keep immigrants out of one’s country is un-Christian. Holding his customary in-flight news conference Feb. 17 after a six-day trip that ended at the

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