irish bishops – NZ Catholic Newspaper https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz The New Zealand National Catholic Newspaper Thu, 01 Mar 2018 21:23:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.4 Papal letter on sex abuse emphasises spiritual rebuilding in Ireland https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2010/03/31/papal-letter-on-sex-abuse-emphasises-spiritual-rebuilding-in-ireland/ https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2010/03/31/papal-letter-on-sex-abuse-emphasises-spiritual-rebuilding-in-ireland/#respond Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +0000 http://nzcatholic.iconmedia.co.nz/?p=2608 VATICAN CITY (CNS) Pope Benedict XVI’s letter to Irish Catholics was a pastoral not a disciplinary document, aimed more at spiritual rebuilding than establishing a chain of accountability for the priestly sex abuse scandal. Although the pope referenced several factors that led to acts of abuse and their mishandling by church authorities in the past,

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]]> https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2010/03/31/papal-letter-on-sex-abuse-emphasises-spiritual-rebuilding-in-ireland/feed/ 0 Irish-Vatican summit on sex abuse ends with call for courage, honesty https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2010/02/25/irish-vatican-summit-on-sex-abuse-ends-with-call-for-courage-honesty/ https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2010/02/25/irish-vatican-summit-on-sex-abuse-ends-with-call-for-courage-honesty/#respond Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:00:00 +0000 http://nzcatholic.iconmedia.co.nz/?p=2495 VATICAN CITY (CNS) Pope Benedict XVI said priestly sexual abuse was a "heinous crime" and a grave sin, and he urged Irish bishops to act courageously to repair their failures to deal properly with such cases. At the end of a two-day Vatican summit on the sex abuse scandal in Ireland, the Vatican said in

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