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
by PETER GRACE WELLINGTON — The decline in the Catholic population shown by the 2013 census “is quite alarming”, according to history professor Peter Lineham of Massey University. Statistics New Zealand released its latest batch of 2013 census figures on February 14, including those relating to religion. The census results … Read More about Catholic decline in NZ ‘alarming’
by MICHELLE VOLLAMAERE AUCKLAND — Janet McCaffery is gearing up for the Christmas rush St Vincent de Paul style — shopping for, packing and delivering festive food
by MICHAEL OTTO AUCKLAND — Catholics are New Zealand’s largest Christian denomination according to 2013 Census data on religious affiliation released by Statistics New Zealand on December 10. The number of census respondents who identified as Catholic was 492,324, whereas the next largest Christian denomination was the Anglicans at 459,771. … Read More about Catholics now NZ’s largest Christian denomination
New Zealand’s Catholic bishops are asking their congregations and the wider community to remember in their Christmas preparations those people who struggle to put food on their table for their families. As the Catholic Church’s Caritas Internationalis confederation undertakes a day-long international Wave of Prayer on Tuesday, December 10 to … Read More about NZ bishops call for simpler Christmas
WELLINGTON — New Zealand’s Catholic bishops have put the questions from the preparatory document for the Extraordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops in Rome next year in an online survey format so that Catholics can contribute to the discussion on marriage, the family and related topics. “Pope Francis has … Read More about Questions for family synod put online for NZ
by NZ CATHOLIC staff WELLINGTON — The Catholic Bishops of New Zealand have expressed their sympathy to all those who lost loved ones as a result of Super-typhoon Haiyan, and are leading Masses to pray for the Filipino community here and overseas. In a statement, the bishops said: “The loss … Read More about NZ bishops lead Masses for the Philippines
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