National Catholic Reporter

New Zealand cardinal says church 'ashamed and saddened' by abuse

Cardinal John Dew told a royal commission of inquiry that the Catholic Church in New Zealand is ashamed and saddened that people suffered abuse while in its care. The cardinal spoke during opening ...
National Catholic Reporter

New Zealand Catholic women display 'pink shoes' to call for equality in the church

Hundreds of Catholic women in New Zealand contributed to a provocative public art protest on Sept. 18 calling for equality of women in the church. The event took place in Auckland, the nation's ...
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New Zealand church erects trans-affirming billboard to protest gov't bill defining gender

A historic Anglican church in New Zealand recently put up a transgender-affirming billboard to protest proposed legislation in the country that would legally define man and woman based on biological ...
Voice of America

New Zealand's leaders formally apologize to survivors of abuse in state and church care

New Zealand's Prime Minister Christopher Luxon made a “formal and unreserved” apology in Parliament on Tuesday for the widespread abuse, torture and neglect of hundreds of thousands of children and ...
Mashable

Bishop blames gays for New Zealand's earthquakes and people are p*ssed

More than 78,000 people have signed a petition to strip a New Zealand church of tax-free status after its leader blamed LGBTQ people for earthquakes. On Monday, Brian Tamaki of Destiny Church in ...
Associated Press

New Zealand’s leader formally apologizes to survivors of abuse in state and church care

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon made a “formal and unreserved” apology in Parliament on Tuesday for the widespread abuse, torture and neglect of hundreds ...