A series of regional seminars are being run throughout New Zealand focusing on spiritual renewal and the recruitment of new members to...

By JEFF DRANE, SM This last year has seen church groups in Aotearoa New Zealand working together...

It is a time of change for the Church, and also for Good Shepherd College in Ponsonby, said the chair of...

by ESME O’RAFFERTY A Catholic secondary school headmaster has come out swinging against the cannabis (marijuana) referendum due to...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Catholic young adults felt the hierarchy started listening to them in preparation for the 2018 synod of bishops...

Arguing in defence of the faith is not about winning a debate, but walking with Jesus in the relationship that he wants...

“Put the victims first” was the message from the worldwide meeting of the presidents of bishops’ conferences held in Rome in February...

The Government’s decision, announced in the Budget, to offer decile 1-7 state and state-integrated schools the choice of not seeking donations from...

While welcoming the focus of the Government’s “Well-being” Budget delivered on May 30, Auckland diocese’s Justice and Peace Commission believes...

The James Liston Hostel, an emergency housing facility for homeless people in Auckland’s city centre, re-opened this month after undergoing a...

The Catholic Enquiry Centre (CEC) has launched a video competition calling on students to share the stories of “saints” in their lives....

“A hundred years of life — it’s a long hikoi, isn’t it?” That was how Hamilton Bishop Stephen Lowe...

The first New Zealand Member of Parliament of Filipino descent has made a strong pro-life statement in his maiden speech in the...

A new feature started in issue 564 of the newspaper showcasing the writing of student leaders from New Zealand’s Catholic secondary schools....

Sacred Heart College has won the Pompallier Shield speech competition for 2019. The team event for Catholic secondary...

The O’Shea Shield, competed for by students from Catholic secondary schools in Wellington archdiocese and Palmerston North diocese, was won this year...

Catholic Cathedral College has won the Bishop Lyons Shield for 2019. This is competed for by Catholic secondary schools in Christchurch...

Christchurch Bishop Paul Martin will hold meetings with the different parishes in Christchurch city and the greater Christchurch area this month (July)...

by NOEL DESCALZO Live as children of light (Ephesians 5:8) and be a light to others as we...

Part II of NZ Catholic’s interview with the director of the Vatican Observatory, Br Guy Consolmagno, SJ. In one of the anecdotes...

by Jeff Dillon Despite a somewhat challenging year — which he could hardly have envisaged when he...

Speaking about diocesan priesthood combined two highlights and one passion for Fr Nathaniel Brazil of the Catholic Parish of Whanganui — ...

Patricia Mary McQuillan, a contributor to Catholic Women’s League Aotearoa New Zealand for some 50 years, passedaway on...

Good Shepherd College — Te Hepara Pai in Ponsonby in Auckland has been ranked along consultor side much larger New Zealand...

Auckland diocese is mourning the loss of one of its own staff, Delia Mary Ruane, who had been a member of the...

by ANGELA LITTLE On April 29, Sacred Heart College staff and students and invited guests...

The New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference has decided to remediate the leaky building issues faced by Holy Cross Seminary, Ponsonby,...

by CATHIE BELL Passionist priest Fr John Pearce touched many parts of the wider Marlborough community during his two...

The New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference president, Bishop Patrick Dunn, called on Catholic health professionals to remember always that their vocations...

Not long after the start of an address at the University of Auckland, the director of the Vatican Observatory, Br Guy Consolmagno,...