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BERLIN (CNS) – Father Hans Küng, the prominent and sometimes controversial Swiss Catholic theologian, died peacefully in his sleep in … Read More about Theologian Father Hans Küng dies at 93
Read MoreWASHINGTON (CNS) – Two Catholic bishops, six Catholic priests, the lay president of the Jesuit Volunteer Corps and two Catholic … Read More about Catholic leaders call for end to violence against transgender people
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) – The Office of Papal Charities has purchased enough doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to offer inoculations in … Read More about Papal charity runs Holy Week vaccination clinic for the poor
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) – Whether people admit it or not, climate change and environmental destruction are forcing millions from their … Read More about Vatican calls for action to assist people displaced by climate change
Read MoreParishioners from St Joseph’s Kaitaia have walked an ancient path as a Lenten exercise. Wiga Autet, faith formation coordinator for … Read More about Labyrinth Lenten prayer in the Far North
Read MoreMany Catholic households will have received, in their letterboxes, a booklet titled “National Sunday Law” — and many of those … Read More about Discard the nonsense but keep the Lord’s Day
Read MoreThe lack of Easter-themed movies at the cinema has been exacerbated by Hollywood’s freeze on big-budget movies in the time … Read More about Easter viewing at home
Read MoreThe only thing that is certain in life is change. Nothing in this life stays the same forever. At the … Read More about Uncertainty, big time
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The unfolding of God’s plan for us does not run in parallel with our ordinary lives and ordinary human history. Ordinary life is what God is bringing to its fulfilment. That fulfilment is already assured in Jesus’ Resurrection, and becomes ours through union with him. But we know there are also darker forces at work … Read More about Calling out evil
In meeting with the Prime Minister and other ministers last month, Church leaders stressed that they don’t want a post-Covid return to “normality” that is indifferent to the poor and to the environment. This would just expose New Zealand again to the next pandemic, stated the Church leaders in position papers prepared for the meeting … Read More about Housing and welfare still urgent and pressing issues
We will be celebrating Easter, 2021, in New Zealand with free access to our churches, and no restriction on numbers — please God. This is a marked contrast with the situation we faced last year, and with the strict lockdowns still in place in many other countries. The coronavirus pandemic has brought our world to … Read More about Dream together for a better future
A social services manager, who previously worked with Catholic organisations, has been appointed as the new Auckland city missioner. Helen Robinson, who has led The Logos Project, and worked with Challenge 2000 in Wellington, will start her new role at the Auckland City Mission in April. The new appointment comes ahead of the departure of … Read More about Auckland City Mission appreciates Catholic ties
All the country’s Catholic bishops will gather in Wellington on Sunday 15 August for a Mass to renew Bishop Pompallier’s 1838 dedication of Aotearoa New Zealand to Our Lady Assumed into Heaven. The Mass will be celebrated at the Wellington landmark St Mary of the Angels Church, which will be become the national shrine of … Read More about Church to renew Bishop Pompallier’s dedication of Aotearoa New Zealand to Our Lady Assumed into Heaven
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