Returning from a three week recess, MPs' first business was a motion in honour of a pope, which elicited possibly Parliament's first Hail Mary.

The late Pope Francis has been remembered in New Zealand as a man who wanted to be with his people, even in his final hours.

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Cardinal Dew retired as Archbishop of Wellington on May 5, 2023 upon reaching the mandatory retirement age for bishops. He is ...

People pay their respect to the late Pope Francis lying in state inside St. Peter's Basilica, Thursday 24 April 2025 ...

Catholics in New Zealand have been gathering in advance of Pope Francis' funeral in Rome. St Anne's Catholic Church in Wellington dedicated its weekly Saturday mass to the late Pontiff. RNZ will be ...

New Zealand's only cardinal, John Dew, said he felt incredibly privileged to have attended Pope Francis' funeral. Thousands gathered at the Vatican to mourn the late pope, who led the Catholic Church ...

Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle attends a mass held for the late Pope Francis at St ... of complaints against bishops in Aotearoa [New Zealand].” Other Catholic leaders were mentioned in ...

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VATICAN CITY — Royalty, presidents, prime ministers and a legion of faithful paid their last respects to Pope Francis at a ... ministers of Britain and New Zealand, and many European royals.