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With just days to go until the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, the COVID-19 pandemic continues … Read More about Tokyo Archdiocese cancels pastoral programme for athletes due to pandemic
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BONN, Germany (CNS) — German Catholic churches offered spiritual and financial support to survivors of devastating flooding in two regions … Read More about German churches pray, provide aid as European flooding death toll climbs
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Covid has really highlighted the poverty gap. I live in a well-off suburb, where people don’t worry about where the next … Read More about The poverty gap
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by Paula Wells, Tumuaki, Sacred Heart Girls’ College New Plymouth In recent years, the Mission Sisters in Aotearoa, New Zealand have … Read More about Nurturing everyday missionaries
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by Msgr Brendan Daly Bishops and religious superiors desire to exercise their ministry in a pastoral manner. Jesus is the Good … Read More about Church penal law protects the faithful
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The public consultation announced by the Government around updating laws on “hate speech” has seen journalists put various scenarios to … Read More about Hate speech law needs caution
Read MoreSome 50 Catholic health practitioners participated in a Pastoral Care and Support conference and retreat organised by the New Zealand … Read More about Catholic health care practitioners gather in Wgtn
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Ten days after undergoing intestinal surgery, Pope Francis was released from Rome’s Gemelli hospital, the Vatican … Read More about Pope released from hospital, prays at Rome basilica
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Francis was hospitalised on July 4 and underwent surgery on his sigmoid colon, the lowest part of the large intestine, the Vatican press office said. “The Holy Father reacted well to the surgery, which was conducted under general anesthesia,” the press office said in a note issued just before midnight. … Read More about Pope recovering after abdominal surgery
Renewal of dedication of NZ to Our Lady Assumed into Heaven to be title ‘Te Ara a Maria: Mary’s Way’
WELLINGTON – The Catholic Bishops of Aotearoa New Zealand have chosen “Te Ara a Maria: Mary’s Way” as the name of the proposal to renew the country’s dedication to Our Lady Assumed into Heaven. The name was suggested by Manuel Beazley, the Auckland diocese vicar for Māori, and was approved, with acclaim, on June 18 … Read More about Renewal of dedication of NZ to Our Lady Assumed into Heaven to be title ‘Te Ara a Maria: Mary’s Way’
Wellington Cardinal John Dew said there will be no Vigil or Sunday Masses in the Greater Wellington Area including the Wairarapa and the Kapiti Coast after the government announced it was placing the area into Alert Level two after 6 pm Wednesday night up to 11:59 pm on Sunday. “Out of concern for safety, the … Read More about No Masses as Wellington moves to Alert Level 2
Media coverage of a spectacular error in an Australian financial authority’s reporting of financial transactions from the Vatican to Australian accounts earlier this year prompted some Catholic figures to mention possible New Zealand connections, as part of a wider discussion about money-laundering between nations. But New Zealand Police have told NZ Catholic that the New … Read More about No Vatican-NZ money-laundering probe
The director of The Nathaniel Centre for Bioethics — Te Kupenga, Dr John Kleinsman, has stated his opposition to a bill that seeks to provide powers to set up safe areas around specific abortion facilities on a case-by-case basis. In a submission to Parliament’s Health Select Committee on the Contraception, Sterilisation and Abortion (Safe Areas) … Read More about Abortion safe areas bill opposed in submission
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