Catholicism does not require Jesus to be blonde-haired and blue-eyed, says a New Zealand theologian, in response to a challenge…
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Precious religious items in concrete in church
It seemed fitting somehow that precious religious items were placed throughout much of the future floor space of the under-construction St Luke’s church in Flat Bush…
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Principal joins coalition against legalising cannabis
A Catholic secondary school principal is among community leaders who have signed up to a new alliance of people who…
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67 years as priest and bishop
Bishop Basil Meeking was the seventh bishop of Christchurch. Born in Ashburton in 1929, he attended St Joseph’s School in Ashburton and St…
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Bishop Basil Meeking farewelled in Chch
At a requiem Mass for the seventh Bishop of Christchurch, Bishop Basil Meeking, the tenth holder of that office, Bishop Paul Martin, SM, was…
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