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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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Auckland Bishop Stephen Lowe, who led a small group of worshippers in prayer at the St Patrick’s Cathedral on March 25, stressed the need for “peace to take flesh” during this time as the possibility of another world war looms. New Zealand Catholics were urged by their bishops to join Pope Francis in prayer as … Read More about Kiwis gather to pray for peace in Ukraine
The path to New Zealand sainthood of missionary Mother Meri Hōhepa Suzanne Aubert has been delayed, with a Vatican medical council deciding a potential miracle attributed to her can be explained by medical science. The case for a miracle, the details of which remain private to protect the privacy of the person concerned, was put … Read More about Suzanne Aubert’s path to sainthood delayed by Vatican ‘no miracle’ decision
Holy Cross Seminary welcomed three young men on their vocation journey, two of them preparing to become priests of Auckland diocese. Joseph Tang, 30,[ is a seminarian for the diocese of Dunedin. Mr Tang comes from the Vinh diocese in Vietnam. “When I was about 12 years old, I decided to become a priest. I … Read More about Three new seminarians on their journey
The Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand has said that working and praying for peace must involve defeating mentalities and ideologies that seek to put aside the human right to life and the human right to exist. Archbishop Novatus Rugambwa spoke about this at a Mass for Peace in Ukraine, celebrated at St Teresa’s Pro-Cathedral in … Read More about Defeat of anti-life thinking needed for peace
Pro-life groups have expressed disappointment at the passage through Parliament of a law enabling the creation of “safe areas” banning protest near abortion facilities. On March 16, the Contraception, Sterilisation and Abortion (Safe Areas) Amendment Bill, sponsored by Louisa Wall, passed its third reading in Parliament in a 108-12 conscience vote. The Minister of Health, … Read More about Pro-life groups disappointed after ‘safe areas’ law passes
Three Catholic young adults have spoken of living their faith in the workplace as opposed to preaching it, hoping that their witness of the love of God through their everyday activity will bring their colleagues to the fold. Manni Nepomuceno, Fleur Carvalho and Fatima Leung-Wai spoke at an event hosted by the Auckland Catholic Young Adult … Read More about Young adults living their faith in the workplace
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