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by PETER GRACE AUCKLAND — The contrast between apartheid-era South Africa and New Zealand
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by PETER GRACE A potentially controversial opinion piece by the Bishop of Dunedin,
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by MICHAEL OTTO WELLINGTON — Having sold a parish church, Khandallah parishioners
Read Moreby NZ CATHOLIC staff WELLINGTON — A multi-faith prayer service
Read Moreby ROMY UDANGA AUCKLAND — Close to 400 Catholic Filipinos celebrated the feast of San Lorenzo Ruiz
Read MoreJohn Henry Newman once remarked that the Church hierarchy considered all converts dangerous. As a temperamentally disputatious ex-Methodist, I am … Read More about ‘Mass is boring — I don’t want to go’
Read Moreby NZ CATHOLIC staff WELLINGTON — The search for a new national director of the Pontifical
Read Moreby NZ CATHOLIC staff AUCKLAND — New Zealand and Oceania Catholic visitors to Rome have been invited to make use … Read More about Aussie invite for Kiwis in Rome
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by DIANA INGLE and HELEN SMITHSON On the weekend of November 20, national leaders from communities and groups with a Catholic, charismatic spirituality, plus the leader from each Current of Grace diocesan service team, met at the beautiful Replenish Retreat and Respite Centre on the outskirts of Rangiora, for the inaugural gathering of Charis NZ … Read More about Charis NZ National Service of Communion meets in Rangiora
The country’s Catholic bishops are strongly urging their faithful and everyone in Aotearoa New Zealand to get a Covid-19 vaccine when it becomes available. NZ Catholic Bishops Conference President, Cardinal John Dew, cited this country’s 2019-20 measles epidemic and the endorsement of Covid-19 vaccines by Pope Francis as reasons the bishops are calling on everyone … Read More about NZ bishops strongly endorse everyone getting a Covid-19 vaccine
by SUE SECONI Typical of Bishop Owen Dolan’s warm and big-heartedness, the invitation to join with him to celebrate 25 years since his episcopal ordination went out to all across the largely rural diocese of Palmerston North. On Thursday, December 10, parishioners, friends, religious and clergy gathered around the altar at the Cathedral of the … Read More about Papal blessing for Bishop Owen Dolan’s 25 years as a bishop
Father Mathew Vadakkevettuvazhiyil will be the next rector of Holy Cross Seminary in Auckland. The appointment has been confirmed by the Vatican’s Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples. Fr Mathew will succeed the present Rector, Fr Brendan Ward, at the end of 2021. Fr Mathew is widely known as a parish priest in Auckland Diocese. … Read More about New rector for Holy Cross Seminary appointed
More than 1000 people walked through the streets of Wellington city to Parliament in the fourth national March for Life on December 5. Many of the marchers had pink and blue balloons, and carried banners, with a variety of messages emphasising love and life — for mother and baby. A 60-strong Mother of Divine Mercy … Read More about Pro-life message proclaimed in capital
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