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
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by NZ CATHOLIC staff AKAROA — Easter is always a special time at Akaroa when the church is filled with families enjoying the delights
by NZ CATHOLIC staff A group called NewZealandersforMarriage is encouraging communities throughout New Zealand to organise prayer vigils in support of traditional marriage and against the Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Bill. A press release from the group says: Dear fellow Christians and Church leaders, A wonderfully successful inter-denominational prayer … Read More about Group encourages prayer vigils against same-sex ‘marriage’ bill
by MICHAEL OTTO AUCKLAND — “Joy, excitement and pride” — that’s how Walter Alvarez described his reaction to the election of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio from Argentina as Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church.
by NZ CATHOLIC staff AUCKLAND — Auckland Catholic couple Andrew Leong and Mary Seong are preparing to spend the next 12 months volunteering in East Timor.
by MARJORIE DAWSON PALMERSTON NORTH — About 50 people gathered at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, Palmerston North, to celebrate 35 years of Catholic Chaplaincy in New Zealand (1978-2013) on Saturday February 23.
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