Catholic dioceses and parishes around Aotearoa New Zealand will be welcoming the Vatican’s four-month extension for the local phase of the synod process, according to a media statement from the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference. The General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops recently extended the deadline of the first (local) phase of the two-year … Read More about Local synod process getting a welcome extra four months
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Much-loved Auckland priest Fr Alleman dies
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Holocaust talk offends
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North Shore community likened to early Church
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NICOSIA, Cyprus (CNS) – After Pope Francis denounced putting up “barbed wire” to keep out migrants and the practice of pushing boats back to countries where they face conditions similar to a “lager”, the Vatican announced he would help move a dozen migrants from Cyprus to Italy before Christmas. “As … Read More about Vatican announces Pope will bring migrants from Cyprus to Italy
Class streaming at John Paul College in Rotorua will be phased out from next year, and the school’s principal is encouraging other schools to investigate this option. In a school newsletter sent out in late October, John Paul College principal Patrick Walsh advised parents that the Board of Trustees had decided to … Read More about John Paul College to phase out class streaming in 2022
PHOENIX (CNS) – Australian Cardinal George Pell, jailed for more than a year for sex abuse crimes he ultimately was cleared of, said the experience enabled him to understand suffering as a redemptive process that allows one to identify closely with Christ. “Suffering accepted in faith can be good and … Read More about Cardinal Pell says prison helped him understand Christ’s suffering
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Francis signed a decree recognising a miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed Titus Brandsma, clearing the way for the canonization of the 20th-century martyr murdered at the Dachau concentration camp. The Dutch Carmelite friar was sent to Dachau for treason — after defending Jews … Read More about Pope advances sainthood causes, including Dutch priest murdered at Dachau
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Despite the disappointing outcome of the COP26 summit on climate change, Pope Francis said he knows it is not too late for humanity to act to combat environment destruction and increasing poverty. The ecological crisis, the social crisis of poverty and exclusion and the health care … Read More about Change bad habits, protect the earth, help others, Pope says in new book
A change in the civil accreditation of an Australian Catholic tertiary institute has implications for Te Kupenga Catholic Theological College in this country. According to an October 1 newsletter, Te Kupenga CTC currently teaches the Bachelor of Theology degree as an offshore campus of the Catholic Institute of Sydney (CIS). But CIS has announced that it … Read More about Aussie tertiary move has implications for NZ courses
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