BALASORE, India (OSV News) – Pope Francis, during his Sunday Angelus on June 4, remembered the victims of a train disaster in the Indian district of Balasore which saw 275 people killed and at least 1000 injured. “May our heavenly Father receive the souls of the deceased into his kingdom,” he said, echoing a papal … Read More about Pope prays for Indian train disaster victims
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Meditation
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Passionist Family Groups celebrating 35 years in NZ
by Paul Traynor Thirty-five years ago, in June, ... Read More about Passionist Family Groups celebrating 35 years in NZ
Trish’s dedication to cathedral music recognised
by JEFF DILLON At the end of the Sunday, 10.30 ... Read More about Trish’s dedication to cathedral music recognised
A limited statutory manager has been appointed to the board of trustees at St Peter’s College in Gore. But this does not mean that the school is being considered for closure, it has been reported. According to a notice in the New Zealand Gazette, the limited statutory manager has the … Read More about Statutory manager appointed
The annual festival season is under way, and that means a torrent of foreign films. Yet the multiplexes these days, at least in Auckland, show fewer English language movies. Instead, they are more likely to be in Mandarin, Hindi, and Tagalog. Of course, the arthouse cinemas are still devoted to … Read More about Festival spotlights ‘parcel children’
Father Kevin John Foote, a priest for 47 years in Christchurch diocese, died on April 28, 2023. He was 76 years old. At a May 5 requiem Mass celebrated at St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral, family and friends remembered Fr Foote as a dedicated priest who lived a simple life, but with … Read More about Fr Kevin Foote embraced poverty in life as a disciple
By CINDY WOODEN VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Catholics should make an “examination of conscience” about how they use social media, how they allow it to influence them and about the opportunities it provides them to share the Gospel, build community and care for others, said the Vatican Dicastery for Communication. … Read More about Vatican releases pastoral reflection on use of social media
St Ignatius of Loyola Catholic College in Drury will be putting New Zealand on the Jesuit global map of schools when the college opens next year. This was the hope mentioned by deputy principal Catherine Bamber-O’Malley, in her report on her meeting with Jesuit superior-general Fr Arturo Sosa, in Rome … Read More about Putting new NZ college on Jesuit world map
By GINA CHRISTIAN (OSV News) (OSV News) – The recent discovery of a Black American nun’s apparently incorrupt remains in Missouri highlights the rich heritage of Black Catholics in the US, experts told OSV News. During an April 28 exhumation, the body of Benedictine Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster of the Most Holy Rosary … Read More about US nun’s incorruptible remains could help see her cause launched
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