JERUSALEM (OSV News) — The Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, expressed his happiness at the late-night hostage-exchange agreement reached between Israel and Hamas Nov. 21, and said he hoped it would lead to end to the war which broke out after an Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack on 22 southern Israeli agricultural communities along … Read More about Israel agrees to hostage deal with Hamas; church leaders hope it will lead to end of war
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The fact that the ordination of women to the diaconate is in the Instrumentum Laboris of the Synod on Synodality to be held in October is “hopeful”, because then there will be a “real discussion” on the issue, according to internationally-acclaimed Catholic scholar Dr Phyllis Zagano. Dr Zagano, author and … Read More about US academic makes case for women deacons
A revised lectionary for the Mass is being planned for Aotearoa New Zealand, and a better translation of the opening and post-Communion prayers of the Mass may also be a possibility. New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference president Bishop Stephen Lowe, who is the New Zealand bishops’ representative on the International … Read More about Revised lectionary planned for Aotearoa New Zealand
By Eduardo Campos Lima, OSV News SÃO PAULO (OSV News) – A New Zealand-based theologian has expressed hope in a high-level investigation by papal envoys of abuse in a lay organisation in Peru, of which she was once a member. Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta and Spanish Msgr Jordi Bertomeu are … Read More about NZ-based theologian hopeful about Peru abuse investigation
Fr Frank Bird, SM, has seen many success stories coming out of the education work done by Society of Mary mission in Ranong on the Thailand-Myanmar border, but success generates its own challenges and more support is needed. After ten years in Ranong as a tutor and director of the … Read More about Marist education changing lives on Thailand-Myanmar border
The Association of Proprietors of Integrated Schools has received confirmation that funding in one area in the Government’s May Budget that was initially only for state schools, will also be available for integrated schools. In the Budget, funding for Learning Support Modifications was announced, with an allocation of $127M to … Read More about Integrated schools able to access Budget funding
By NZ CATHOLIC staff The New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference has established a new position of Kaihāpai Māori-Māori Champion, with a view to this role helping to shape the Church’s future. According to a media release on the bishops’ conference website, the Kaihāpai Māori-Māori Champion “is an influential role that … Read More about Maori champion sought for bishops’ conference
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