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VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The steady decline of birth-rates across Europe and the West are signs of a new form … Read More about Declining birth-rates impoverish future, Pope says
HONG KONG (CNS) – Hong Kong’s national security police released Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, retired archbishop of Hong Kong, May … Read More about Hong Kong police detain, release 90-year-old cardinal
VATICAN CITY (CNS)- Pope Francis said he wants LGBT Catholics to know that God is a father who “does not … Read More about God does not disown his children, Pope tells LGBT Catholics
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (CNS) – Pro-life advocates in Canada are buoyed by news that the US Supreme Court was poised to overturn … Read More about Pro-lifers in Canada, Australia rally around news Roe may be overturned
Families living in the wider West Drury district have applauded the location of the train station proposed by KiwiRail, and … Read More about Position of proposed train station applauded
The chief executive of the New Zealand Catholic Education Office has challenged political parties to consider committing to a national … Read More about Consider national education strategy
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Francis will have therapeutic injections to try to alleviate the pain in his right knee, he … Read More about Pope agrees to treat painful knee with therapeutic injections
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Warning that the Russian Orthodox patriarch should not “turn himself into Putin’s altar boy”, Pope Francis … Read More about Pope tells Russian patriarch he cannot turn himself into ‘Putin’s altar boy’
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The Catholic Diocese of Auckland is the lead organisation in a partnership formed to resettle Iraqi refugees under Immigration New Zealand’s Community Organisation Refugee Sponsorship programme. The diocese is in a partnership with the Chaldean Catholic Community of St Addai, Papatoetoe, and the Refugee Sponsorship Group. Under the CORS programme, a total of 150 sponsored … Read More about Diocese leads plan to sponsor refugees
The chief executive of Te Korowai Atawhai Mercy Hospice in Auckland is facing funding challenges as a result of Covid-19-related restrictions. In a video message in a Whanau Mercy Mission newsletter, Dene Coleman said that many institutions like Mercy Hospice are currently facing such issues. “We don’t receive full funding. Palliative care gets less than … Read More about Hospices facing funding challenges
To understand the papacy of Pope Francis, one must look at it in the light of the Father’s Divine Mercy. This was the reflection shared by Te Kupenga Catholic Theological College moral theologian Fr Bernard Teo, CSsR, at a Zoom talk held on February 25. Pope Francis, who celebrated his eighth anniversary as Pope on … Read More about Theologian says mercy key to understanding Pope
Leading security manufacturer, Gallagher, has entered into a long-term collaborative agreement with the New Zealand Catholic Education Office (NZCEO) as a major sponsor, to help support and promote the aspirations of future generations within the Catholic and wider integrated schools’ sector that NZCEO serves. “Gallagher is a renowned global innovator and one of New Zealand’s … Read More about NZCEO in collaboration with Gallagher
As the Catholic world observed Good Friday, the Auckland Art Gallery quietly opened “Heavenly Beings: Icons of the Christian Orthodox World”, an exhibition that introduces the tradition of the devotional art of the Christian Orthodox faith. The exhibition features 118 icons, dating from 1350 to 1800 AD. It includes devotional arts created by iconographers from Crete, … Read More about Icons feature in rare exhibition
Theology is the pursuit of answers to “the deepest questions of faith and life”, but also “at its best, an intimate conversation with Jesus”. Auckland Auxiliary Bishop Michael Gielen stressed these points in his homily at the inaugural Mass for 2022 for Te Kupenga – Catholic Theological College on February 25. Bishop Gielen said that … Read More about People still seek answers to life’s deepest questions
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