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With just days to go until the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, the COVID-19 pandemic continues … Read More about Tokyo Archdiocese cancels pastoral programme for athletes due to pandemic
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BONN, Germany (CNS) — German Catholic churches offered spiritual and financial support to survivors of devastating flooding in two regions … Read More about German churches pray, provide aid as European flooding death toll climbs
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Covid has really highlighted the poverty gap. I live in a well-off suburb, where people don’t worry about where the next … Read More about The poverty gap
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by Paula Wells, Tumuaki, Sacred Heart Girls’ College New Plymouth In recent years, the Mission Sisters in Aotearoa, New Zealand have … Read More about Nurturing everyday missionaries
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by Msgr Brendan Daly Bishops and religious superiors desire to exercise their ministry in a pastoral manner. Jesus is the Good … Read More about Church penal law protects the faithful
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The public consultation announced by the Government around updating laws on “hate speech” has seen journalists put various scenarios to … Read More about Hate speech law needs caution
Read MoreSome 50 Catholic health practitioners participated in a Pastoral Care and Support conference and retreat organised by the New Zealand … Read More about Catholic health care practitioners gather in Wgtn
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Ten days after undergoing intestinal surgery, Pope Francis was released from Rome’s Gemelli hospital, the Vatican … Read More about Pope released from hospital, prays at Rome basilica
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by KAREN CORBETT SLOPER The year was 1943. It was 78 years ago this July, and the date was the 23rd. This day was one of the many frightful days of World War II. On this dreadful day, Rev. Francis Vernon Douglas, a New Zealand Columban priest, was violently seized by Japanese soldiers from his parish church, … Read More about The disappearance that should not be forgotten
by MINA AMSO This year might be the last year prayerful gatherings outside abortion facilities could legally take place if MP Louisa Wall’s “safe areas” bill is passed by Parliament. Some 50 people gathered outside Greenlane Hospital by the curbside of the Epsom Day [abortion] clinic in Auckland, on a Saturday afternoon (June 19), in remembrance of … Read More about Little ones lost remembered throughout NZ
A Catholic anthropologist from Massey University in Palmerston North has embarked on research into the rapidly-changing composition of people in parishes, and the impact of diverse cultures in the Church in New Zealand. Dr Robyn Andrews, a parishioner of St Mary’s church, said anthropology is the study of people and cultures, and she hoped the … Read More about Massey research into changes in NZ parishes
The ordination of Fr Brendan Boyce, FSSP, to the priesthood took place in Auckland on July 3, but not before a lot of last-minute reorganisation because of Covid-19. Fr Boyce was ordained by Bishop Denis Browne at St Benedict’s church in Newton, which was the same church in which the new priest was ordained deacon … Read More about Pandemic saw new priest’s plans changed
There was once a time on the Chatham Islands when a Catholic priest was the only Christian minister who was there for long periods of time and, therefore, circumstances existed whereby non-Catholic Christians could receive Catholic Communion from him. This was one of the examples cited by canon lawyer Msgr Brendan Daly in a lecture titled “The … Read More about Non-Catholic Christians, Eucharist and Law
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