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Bishops' Statements

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Bio-ethics

Proposed euthanasia legislation contrary to human dignity - 2003

Chemical Contraception: The Dangers and Fallacies - 2001

Giving Life, Giving Love - 2001

Embryo experimentation challenged - 2001

Assisted human reproductive technologies - 1998

Pastoral letter on euthanasia - 1995

What's Wrong with Abortion? - 1989

Building Community

Easter Trading Bills - 2007

Education - for what kind of society? - 2006

World Youth Day - 2006

Tu Kahikatea - 2006

Hato Paora College - 2005 (+ Peter Cullinane)

Cultural Diversity - 2005

Thinking About the Election: they want your Vote, should they get it? - 2005 (+ Peter Cullinane)

The spiritual bankruptcy of liberalism - 2004 (+ Thomas Williams)

Letter to the members of Parliament Concerning the Civil Unions Bill - 2004

Code of ethics for Church volunteers - 2003

Honouring volunteers - 2001

A message from the lake - 2001

Some concerns about employment - 1998

UN Year of Indigenous Peoples - 1993

Employment Contracts Legislation - a Catholic Response - 1991

Healing love - 1988

In the service of Christ and his people - 1998

Towards priesthood - 1998

To the young adults of the Church - 1994

A Community of Love - 1994

Live life, give life - 1985

Law in the Life of the Church -1983

When dreams die - 1982

New ecumenical body - 1982

Year of disabled persons - 1981

Integrity of Life

What is the Church saying today about marriage and marriage difficulties? - 2008

Chemical contraception - 2001

Giving Life, Giving Love - 2001

People in homosexual relationships - 2000

A Consistent Ethic of Life - 1997

Dignity, love life: Statement on homosexuality - 1996

Health and moral education - 1991

The honest answer: AIDS - 1989

Catholics and family planning - 1989

Care, not judgement, for AIDS victims - 1987

A shame we share - 1982

Justice and Peace

Mindful of the Common Good – Thinking about Election 2008

Children are Precious Gifts - 2007

Crime and Punishment - 2006

Environmental Issues - 2006

Foreshore and Seabed legislation - 2004

The continued detention of Ahmed Zaoui - 2004

Let us be fair and informed - 2004 (+ Peter Cullinane)

The rights of refugees and migrant peoples - 2002

The Protection of Children - 2002

The rights of children - 2002

For a just peace in Palestine - 2002

An intolerable burden - 1998

Some concerns about employment - 1998

The code of social and family responsibility - 1998

Some concerns about employment - 1998

Year of tolerance - 1995

Creating new hearts - 1995

The Treaty in today's perspective - 1995

Violence against woment and children - 1992

Made in God's image - 1993

A commemoration year for Aotearoa - 1990

Catholic bishops' back penal reform - 1989

Bishops' Oppose Nuclear Weapons - 1982

Prayer, Liturgy and Spirituality

Rediscovering the Beauty of the Mass - 2006

Pastoral letter on the Rosary - 2003

Faith Alive! - 1999

Holy days of obligation - 1998

The first day - 1988

Gender inclusive language - 1997

The Church in Jubilee - 1996

Sexual Abuse

Pastoral Letter on Abuse  - 2002

A Path to Healing - Te Houhanga Rongo, Principles and Procedures for complaints of sexual abuse - 2001

What we Believe

Pastoral Letter on the Year of the Eucharist - 2004

In the service of unity - 1991

And the Mother of Jesus was there - 1988