by Dan Stollenwerk Like so many of the faithful, I was greatly saddened to read that Bishop Charles Drennan...

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern reiterated long-term housing for every family is the end goal as she opened the new Monte Cecilia Housing...

by MINA AMSO Newly-professed Carmelite nun, Sr Catherine of Christ, lacked the words toarticulate what it felt like on...

by Msgr BRENDAN DALY Following on from the resignation of Bishop Charles Drennan, NZ Catholic asked Msgr Brendan...

In the wake of Pope Francis’ acceptance of the resignation of Bishop Charles Drennan as Bishop of Palmerston North, “support” was a...

“Ecce sacerdos magnus — behold a great priest who has pleased God in his days.” The first three...

by ESME O’RAFFERTY Catholic students swept up medals at the Anchor AIMS Games in Tauranga this year, especially...

by ESME O’RAFFERTY A New Plymouth youth leader is encouraging local young people to see Christ in others, by...

by PETER OWENS Karl Metzler, the chair of the board of trustees of St Peter’s College, Gore, has announced...

How often does a daughter sit down and really talk — for 10 minutes in a one-on-one conversation — with her Dad?...

Former Prime Minister Sir John Key had a “remarkable experience” when he met Pope Francis at the Vatican earlier this year.

A significant stretch of the beach at Marine Parade in Napier was made a lot cleaner on September 20, thanks to the...

The Pilgrimage for Life concluded with two statues coming together after being taken in journeys of prayer from opposite ends of...

In ordaining two new transitional deacons, Christchurch Bishop Paul Martin, SM, expressed his gratitude and support for them, but also warned about...

The Knights of the Southern Cross are helping a group of “south” kids head north — to help with their spiritual...

Catholics are still the largest “religious” group in New Zealand, according to 2018 census data, but the number of people identifying as...

On September 19, members of Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand presented to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Select Committee Inquiry into Aid...

Marysia Dac Jaśkiewicz’s family was transported from Poland to Russia in the middle of the night in 1939, when armed Russian soldiers...

by NZ CATHOLIC staff MPs on a select committee considering the Abortion Legislation Bill have heard an...

by MINA AMSO Resene Total Colour Awards category winner Damien Walker joked about getting up and taking to...

by COLLEEN GLEESON Staff at St Peter Chanel Preschool in Clover Park, South Auckland, wanted the children in their...

English Catholic motivational speaker and author David Wells has challenged people in “the autumn of their lives” to be the face of...

This short reflection piece was provided by Fr Bernard Espiritu,SVD, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (MISSIO-NZ) as the Church celebrates...

Christchurch Bishop Paul Martin, SM, opened the newly built $3.5 million chapel of St Bede’s College on September 12, marking the conclusion...

Josephite Sisters Therese McConway from Wellington, Helen Doyle and Marcienne Waite, both from Whanganui, marked their 60th jubilees of religious profession...

The Sisters at Our Lady’s Home of Compassion in Wellington are invitingpilgrims from around the country to a weekend retreat of Taizé...

by PETER OWENS The Pilgrimage for Life started from two places: CapeReinga in the Far North and Bluff...

The lack of relational thinking in the Catholic tradition is what spurred Fr Kevin Connors to write a thesis about loveableness and the Eucharist....

by JEFF DILLON Using euphemisms “to make an evil sound good to lessen the evil of it” wasdeplored...

Catholic priesthood should go back to its origins in the eucharistic life of the Church, not as a special caste of men...