World Meeting of Families – NZ Catholic Newspaper https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz The New Zealand National Catholic Newspaper Tue, 28 Aug 2018 02:25:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.3.2 Families called to share joy, love, life with the world, pope says https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2018/08/28/families-called-to-share-joy-love-life-with-the-world-pope-says/ https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2018/08/28/families-called-to-share-joy-love-life-with-the-world-pope-says/#respond Tue, 28 Aug 2018 04:00:46 +0000 https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=18425 DUBLIN (CNS) — In a stadium of Catholic families from around the world, Pope Francis told the laypeople they are the vast majority of church members and that, without them, the church would be cold, a collection of statues.“God wants every family to be a beacon of joy of his love to our world,” the

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]]> https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2018/08/28/families-called-to-share-joy-love-life-with-the-world-pope-says/feed/ 0 Pope begins Mass in Dublin with penitential plea for abuse scandals https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2018/08/28/pope-begins-mass-in-dublin-with-penitential-plea-for-abuse-scandals/ https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2018/08/28/pope-begins-mass-in-dublin-with-penitential-plea-for-abuse-scandals/#respond Tue, 28 Aug 2018 00:21:53 +0000 https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=18421 DUBLIN (CNS) — Before celebrating Mass in a Dublin park, Pope Francis solemnly asked forgiveness for the thousands of cases of sexual and physical abuse perpetrated by Catholics in Ireland. “We ask forgiveness for the abuse in Ireland, abuse of power and of conscience, sexual abuse” by clergy and religious, he said Aug. 26. “In

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]]> https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2018/08/28/pope-begins-mass-in-dublin-with-penitential-plea-for-abuse-scandals/feed/ 0 Kiwis attend World Meeting of Families in USA https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2015/11/20/kiwis-attend-world-meeting-of-families-in-usa/ https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2015/11/20/kiwis-attend-world-meeting-of-families-in-usa/#respond Thu, 19 Nov 2015 22:15:40 +0000 http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=11936 by MICHELLE KAUFMAN Love is Our Mission, the Family Fully Alive, was the theme of the eighth World Meeting of Families held over the week of September 22 to 27 in Philadelphia. The World Meeting of Families was founded by St Pope John Paul II in 1992, to strengthen the sacred bonds of the family

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