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New Zealand Bishops’ New Gender Policy for Catholic Schools Relies on Social Justice

October 7, 2022/7 Comments/in Employment Issues, Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Hierarchy, Higher Education, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

New Zealand's bishops have released pastoral guidelines on sexual and gender diversity in Catholic schools which are far more inclusive and respectful than many other gender policies announced in recent years. Read More

As Global Synod Progresses, LGBTQ+ Inclusion a Prominent Issue in National Reports

August 25, 2022/0 Comments/in Employment Issues, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Same-Gender Blessings, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Today's post highlights LGBTQ-related findings from the national syntheses submitted to the Vatican for the Synod on Synodality. Read More

Bishops in New Zealand Endorse Proposed Law Banning Conversion Therapy

October 25, 2021/0 Comments/in Gender Identity, Healthcare, Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

New Zealand's bishops have issued their qualified support for legislation that would ban conversion therapy in that country. Read More

New Zealand Bishops Acknowledge Church’s “Shortcomings” on LGBT Inclusion

July 24, 2018/1 Comment/in Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

New Zealand's bishops have acknowledged the Church's "shortcomings" in providing relevant pastoral care, especially when it comes to LGBT inclusion. Read More

Church Faces “Galileo Moment” on Homosexuality Says Bishop

January 10, 2018/14 Comments/in Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A New Zealand bishop has said the Church faces a "Galileo moment" on homosexuality, one being led by young people. Other prelates in the country have opined on LGBT issues as well while speaking at workshops with young people, practicing the dialogical Church called for by Vatican II and sought by Pope Francis. Read More