by MICHAEL OTTO
Androids, iPhones, iPads, Tablets and Kindles are everywhere these days — even in the confessional. Continue reading
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Devices can become vices
Tyshawn’s funeral: an intersection of pain and anger
By Michelle Martin
CHICAGO (CNS) — The execution-style murder of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee was not what God wanted to happen, Father Michael Pfleger said at Tyshawn’s funeral Nov. 10. Continue reading
Junior boarding to go
by NZ CATHOLIC staff
Catholic Maori college Hato Petera in Auckland has decided it can no longer meet the needs of years 9 and 10 pupils. Continue reading
Hearts may sense the mystery of spirits
by ROWENA OREJANA
Julie Valencia woke up at 2.30am when the door to the guest bedroom she and her daughter were sleeping
in opened with a soft click. Her father had died and they were staying at her brother’s house for the funeral. Continue reading
Wanganui’s staunch iwi advocate dies
by SUE SECONI
As family and friends heard of the death of Piripi Rangi Haami, memories of national and local protests were immediately recalled. Continue reading
Priests’ retirement house to expand
by ROWENA OREJANA
Tucked in the heart of Ponsonby is St John Vianney House, home to 10 retired priests.
The latest resident, Msgr Brian Arahill, said 58 years ago, when he was ordained, he certainly hadn’t thought
about retirement or where he would live. Continue reading
Our Lady honoured at college
by MICHAEL OTTO
The weather played its part for the annual Candlelight Rosary Procession at Auckland’s Sacred Heart College on October 4. Continue reading