By MARILYN RODRIGUES SYDNEY (OSV News) – The joy of Eastertide has turned to shock and bewilderment across Sydney’s Catholic community in the wake of a deadly knife attack at Bondi Junction Westfield shopping centre on April 13, in which seven people were killed and a dozen injured, including a nine-month-old baby. Archbishop Anthony Fisher of … Read More about Eastertide joy turns to tears as Sydney Catholics mourn horrific knife attack’s victims
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Christchurch CSS Foodbank closed
After 16 years, Christchurch diocese’s Catholic ... Read More about Christchurch CSS Foodbank closed
Papal Nuncio goes back to Rome
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Festival of New Life date announced
The sixth Sunday of Easter, which falls on May 5 ... Read More about Festival of New Life date announced
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
We had the privilege of having a family holiday in Samoa in July, and we were all surprised by the number of churches there! Christianity is the official and largest religion in Samoa, with statistics showing that, with all the various denominations, 98 per cent of the population are Christian. … Read More about Evangelisation
A rosary chapel and memorial windows were blessed and dedicated at St Joseph’s church in Te Aroha on July 22, the feast of St Mary Magdalen. Parish priest Fr Mark Field told NZ Catholic that a former baptistry at the church is no longer used, so a decision was made … Read More about Te Aroha parish wowed by new windows
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
ROME (CNS) – The synod process underway around the world and at the Vatican is inflicting “evident and grave harm” on the Catholic Church, retired US Cardinal Raymond Burke wrote in a letter published as the foreword to a book. “Synodality and its adjective, synodal, have become slogans behind which a revolution … Read More about Cardinal Burke sees ‘grave harm’ coming from synod process
Christchurch Bishop Michael Gielen has suspended permissions for exorcisms in his diocese until further notice. The bishop, who was in Portugal attending World Youth Day with the New Zealand pilgrims, made this move after a Newshub programme which focused predominantly on the Congregation of the Sons of the Most Holy … Read More about Exorcisms suspended in Chch diocese until further notice
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