The New Zealand Catholic Bishops' Conference (NZCBC; mi, Te Huinga o ngā Pīhopa Katorika o Aotearoa) is an

episcopal conference An episcopal conference, sometimes called a conference of bishops, is an official assembly of the bishops of the Catholic Church in a given territory. Episcopal conferences have long existed as informal entities. The first assembly of bishops to ...

of the

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that gathers the

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of the country in order to discuss pastoral issues and in general all matters that have to do with the Church. The NZCBC was formed after the

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in the 1960s. The Conference has a Secretariat located in

Wellington Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the second-largest city in New Zealand by me ...

, and a number of agencies and offices to assist the bishops in carrying out national level functions. The NZCBC established a Committee for Interfaith Relations to assist them in their

interfaith Interfaith dialogue refers to cooperative, constructive, and positive interaction between people of different religious traditions (i.e. "faiths") and/or spiritual or humanistic beliefs, at both the individual and institutional levels. It is ...

work. Recent political engagement by New Zealand bishops have included statements issued in relation to: indigenous rights and

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; the rights of refugees and migrants; and promoting restorative justice over

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in New Zealand.

References

External links

Catholic.org.nz
– Official website {{Religion in New Zealand Catholic Church in New Zealand Episcopal conferences

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