New Zealand’s Catholic Church formally apologized on Friday to the survivors of abuse within the church and said its systems and culture must change. Cardinal John Dew, who is the Roman Catholic ...

Cardinal John Dew told a royal commission of inquiry that the Catholic Church in New Zealand is ashamed and ... and up to 80 at Christ's College in Christchurch. The national leader of the ...

Feb. 1 (UPI) --New Zealand's Catholic church, in response to a government inquiry, said on Tuesday that close to 15% of its diocesan clergy members have been accused of sexual and other types of ...

Earlier this year, New Zealand's Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care found that "Catholic Church leaders have not been accountable or transparent to their congregations and the broader ...

Bishop Barry Jones of Christchurch has prohibited the celebration of Mass throughout the 78 churches in the diocese until such time as thorough checks can be made regarding their safety, reports ...

Dozens killed and hundreds missing after Christchurch ... strong quake toppled churches and numerous buildings in New Zealand’s second-largest city. The historic Catholic Cathedral of ...

The New Zealand commission said the Catholic Church and Catholic entities responded ... as well as Marylands School in Ōtautahi Christchurch, a Catholic institute, and “at Catholic institutions ...

The Maori people, the Indigenous population of mainland New Zealand, have crowned a new ... bridging the Kingitanga movement and the Catholic Church. The new queen’s name, Ngawai Hono ki ...

New Zealand’s Catholic Church formally apologized on Friday to the survivors of abuse within the church and said its systems and culture must change. Cardinal John Dew, who is the Roman Catholic ...