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
Archbishop Novatus Rugambwa, the Apostolic Nuncio ... Read More about Papal Nuncio goes back to Rome
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
by JOHN KLEINSMAN In two days much had already been written about this highly anticipated document [Pope Francis’s The Joy of Love], and much more will surely be written on it. Rather predictably, many commentators zeroed in on “hot-button issues” of cohabitation and the question of couples in “irregular” second … Read More about NZ ethicist likes papal call on love and family
Bishop Colin Campbell has announced the appointment of Fr Michael Dooley as vicar general of Dunedin diocese, The Tablet reported.
by NZ CATHOLIC STAFF A block of marble like those used by Bernini and Michelangelo has arrived in New Zealand to fulfil a dream.
by ROWENA OREJANA Around 260 mostly young people “walked through the Mass” with Auckland Bishop Patrick Dunn at the Christ the King Church in Owairaka on March 6.
by ROWENA OREJANA The number of babies aborted since the Contraception, Sterilisation and Abortion Act was implemented in 1974 reached half a million in the first quarter of the year — equivalent to the population of 14 New Zealand cities.
By ROWENA OREJANA The last couple of years had been a personal journey of the cross for former businesswoman Margaret Everett. So this year, she thought it fitting to organise the Lenten Tableaus 14 Steps to Golgotha.
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