Year of Mercy – NZ Catholic Newspaper

Suva prelate highlights keys for Church

Rowena Orejana — Tue, 05 Apr 2016 23:08:14 +0000

by ROWENA OREJANA TheCatholic Church’s credibility lies in how she shows mercy and compassion, said Suva Archbishop Peter Loy Chong. Archbishop Chong spoke on the importance of the Year of Mercy in the world today before the Divine Mercy of Oceania Congress on February 28 held at St Mary’s College in Ponsonby. “Mercy is the

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God is greater than our sins, pope says at general audience

Vatican City (CNS) — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 03:20:19 +0000

By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The power of God’s forgiveness “is greater than our sins,” Pope Francis said.
Christians have “the certainty that he will never abandon us,” the pope said at his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square March 30.echo $variable;

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NZ dioceses ready for Year of Mercy

Rowena Orejana — Sun, 06 Dec 2015 20:52:32 +0000

by ROWENA OREJANA
Catholic dioceses in New Zealand are in the final stages of their preparations for the Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy, a time Pope Francis declared “for the Church to rediscover the meaning of the mission entrusted to her by the Lord on the day of Easter: to be a sign and an instrument of the Father’s mercy”. echo $variable;

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