Auckland diocese assistant pastoral worker to the Deaf Eric Matthews was awarded Māori Champion by Deaf Aotearoa for his initiatives and inspiration for the Maori Deaf youth. The 27-year old said he was surprised to hear he won the award, not knowing that two Deaf people nominated him. “I said, why me? They said I … Read More about Eric a champion for Māori Deaf young people
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Extraordinary form ordinations at St Benedict’s
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Bishops: Pope remarks on civil unions won’t change Church teaching on marriage
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Priest ordained after many delays
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By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis often has expressed openness to the idea of laws recognizing civil unions, including for gay couples, to protect their rights. The pope’s comments in a brief passage in the documentary film, “Francesco,” are similar to the position he took while archbishop of … Read More about Pope has history of defending marriage, but being open to some civil unions
A former rector of Holy Cross Seminary, Fr Philip Handforth, is being remembered to his gentle manner, his skill at preaching, and his faithfulness in suffering. Fr Handforth died at Mercy Parklands Catholic Hospital in Auckland on September 29, aged 73. He was farewelled from St Joseph’s church in Takapuna … Read More about Former seminary rector praised for his faithfulness
by PAT McCARTHY As we hunkered down to church closures and online Masses a second time, I reflected on a friend’s question: Are we treating this Covid-19 lockdown as a period of hibernation or will we emerge from a chrysalis — and, if so, how will we be transformed? As … Read More about What sort of Catholic media will we see in the future?
Pope Francis’s new encyclical Fratelli tutti on Fraternity and Social Friendship is a call for everyone to see the world as being without borders and view everyone as their brothers and sisters, said Archbishop of Wellington Cardinal John Dew. “Fratelli tutti is a profound document,” said Cardinal Dew, vice-president of … Read More about New encyclical can change hearts and minds, New Zealand cardinal says
Dunedin diocese is taking steps to pay down its $10million debt through a 30-year repayment plan. In a report on diocesan finances in the September edition of the diocese’s publication The Tablet, it was stated that the diocesan overdraft, as reported at the end of 2019, had been just under … Read More about Dunedin diocese reports on finances
The Covid-19 pandemic has revealed “the sin of the world” as well as “the sin of the structures”, which had left the poor and the marginalised vulnerable to more than the virus – and the mission of the theologian is to give voice to the poor and listen to God … Read More about Doing theology in a time of the pandemic
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