by CathNews New Zealand | Apr 29, 2025 | 1st, Uncategorized
The number of people at the Mass was estimated at between 200,000 and 400,000. After the Mass, the burial took place at Rome’s Basilica of St Mary Major after the casket was driven in a motorcade through the centre of the city. The Vatican and local authorities...
by CathNews New Zealand | Apr 29, 2025 | 2nd, Uncategorized
Cardinal Dew, the former Archbishop of Wellington, was among more than 200 cardinals gathered with about 250,000 mourners around the square – and up to 1 million across Rome – to pray for the repose of Pope Francis’ soul. As he prayed with that great number, Cardinal...
by CathNews New Zealand | Apr 29, 2025 | 3rd, Uncategorized
Pope Francis was remembered with affection as Pāpā Werahiko by many Māori Catholics. Te Tai Tokerau kaumātua for the Church, Bobby Newson, said the late Pope’s humility extended beyond his public ministry and into the way he lived his daily life. Mr Newson noted...
by CathNews New Zealand | Apr 29, 2025 | 4th, Uncategorized
A requiem Mass for the repose of the soul of Pope Francis was offered at St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral on April 25. In his homily, Bishop Michael Gielen noted that it was the Easter season, in which hope has broken through darkness. “Pope Francis, like the Lord he followed,...
by CathNews New Zealand | Apr 29, 2025 | 5th, Uncategorized
They had travelled abroad for the planned canonisation of Blessed Carlo Acutis, and Easter and Holy Week, “as well as gifting our parents the opportunity to come to Rome and Italy”, Fatima Leung-Wai said. “My parents are from Samoa, they worked hard, they’re faithful...
