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By ROWENA OREJANA Auckland Bishop Stephen Lowe is launching an appeal through the Catholic Caring Foundation after the region suffered flooding after unprecedented rainfall on January 27. Auckland diocese general manager James van Schie said that further details of the appeal will be announced in the coming days. To donate, visit caringfoundation.org.nz/ways-to-give/ “A phone tree … Read More about Auckland Bishop to launch appeal after unprecedented flooding
By KATE SCANLON, OSV News WASHINGTON (OSV News) – Tens of thousands of pro-life advocates descended upon the US capital for the 50th March for Life on Januart 20 — the first national march since the overturn of the US Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that initially prompted the annual demonstration. Standing on the … Read More about ‘We are not yet done’: March for Life holds first national event after overturn of Roe v Wade
The New Zealand Catholic Church response to the “Document for the Continental Stage” of Pope Francis’s Synod on Synodality has been published. The Catholic world is now in the Continental Stage of the Synod process, in which each “continent” will produce a response to the continental document that was approved by the Vatican’s synod office … Read More about NZ Catholic response to Synod’s Continental Stage document published
By MARIA WIERING, OSV News (OSV News) – When Adriana Vasquez was working in marriage ministry for the Archdiocese of New York two decades ago, she helped enrich the theology expressed in its materials and workshops for Spanish-speaking Catholics. She later discovered, however, that excellent content was not enough. “I was dismayed years later to … Read More about Personal accompaniment key to Vatican’s expanded vision for marriage formation
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Francis praised the late Australian Cardinal George Pell as a faithful servant of God and of the Catholic Church, who steadfastly followed the Lord even “in the hour of trial” when he was jailed for sexual abuse before his conviction was overturned by Australia’s highest court. Cardinal Pell died in … Read More about Cardinal Pell dies at 81; he kept the faith even amid tribulation, Pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The theological writings and papal teaching of the late Pope Benedict XVI were and will continue to be a blessing to the Catholic Church, Pope Francis wrote. “Benedict XVI’s thought and magisterium are and always will remain fruitful because he knew how to focus on the fundamental references of our Christian … Read More about Benedict XVI ‘did theology on his knees’, Pope Francis says
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