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Rediscovering the value of motherhood

Rowena Orejana — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 01:00:42 +0000

Becoming a mother can be an identity crisis for the modern woman. A generation or two ago women seemed to more naturally turn their minds to the natural progression of motherhood, surrounded by the support of other women at home. In contrast, becoming a mother today can feel like swerving off one’s carefully set out career path into a life of serving another that no one told you much about in school or at university. It can be a shock to suddenly be submerged in the earthy reality of nappies and feeding with a little being that doesn’t subscribe to your previous schedules or plans. echo $variable;

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Ethnic background of students in NZ Catholic schools

Michael Otto — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 03:27:29 +0000

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New president in Egypt gives Church leader hope

Michael Otto — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 04:50:21 +0000

MADRID (Zenit) — The election of Mohammed Morsi as president of Egypt is reason for hope in a better future for the country’s Christians, according to the head of the country’s Coptic Catholic Church.
Bishop Kyrillos William, administrator of the Coptic Catholic Patriarchate of Alexandria, said this on July 11 at an Aid to the Church in Need press conference in Madrid.
“The future will not be worse than what we have had before,” said the bishop.
Bishop William, who is standing in for Cardinal Patriarch Antonios Naguib, incapacitated by a stroke last year, expressed his confidence that President Morsi will keep promises that he made after the elections to govern for everyone regardless of religion.
“In Egypt we all are Egyptian — whether Christian or Muslim — and the President has promised that there will be a Copt and a woman appointed as vice-presidents.
“Although we still do not know who will be appointed, we trust he will keep his word.”
The prelate added that, in Egypt, there are 170 Catholic schools, and many of the leaders of the country send their children there even though they are not Catholics.
“This means that when their children are older and running the country, they will be more open in their relations with us Christians and more respectful,” he said.
Christians make up 9 per cent of Egypt’s population. There are no more than 250,000 Catholics out of a total population of 83 million.

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French connection in Far North detailed

NZ Catholic Staff — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 03:37:50 +0000

by NZ CATHOLIC staff RUSSELL — A new book reflecting on the early French Catholic presence in the Far North of New Zealand was launched by the Ambassador of France to New Zealand, Francis Etienne, in Russell on October 13. The French Place in the Bay of Islands is a series of essays by a

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Denominations can learn from each other

Michael Otto — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 03:31:09 +0000

by DAN STOLLENWERK AUCKLAND — Instead of asking what other denominations might learn from our beliefs, we must begin to ask how we might receive practical wisdom from the way other denominations have faced difficulties within their communions. “Receptive ecumenism” was the overriding theme of discussion at the latest meeting of the Anglican Roman Catholic

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The pragmatic case against euthanasia

John Kleinsman — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 03:46:27 +0000

The following is a presentation by Nathaniel Centre director John Kleinsman at the St John’s Public Issues Forum, held at St John’s-in-the-City (Presbyterian) Conference Centre, Wellington, on September 29. The forum was entitled “Voluntary Euthanasia: What are the Ethical, Medical, Legal, Social and Spiritual Issues?” The Nathaniel Centre is the New Zealand Catholic bioethics centre.

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Christchurch schools and churches off limits pending inspection

Michael Otto — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 12:00:00 +0000

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand No Catholic church or school in Christchurch will be able to be used until consulting engineers have declared it safe. Bishop of Christchurch Barry Jones made this announcement on February 25. NZ Catholic understands some churches have been severely damaged, but others have escaped relatively unscathed. Christchurch cathedral parish administrator Msgr Charles

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High court rules Malaysian Catholic weekly can use the word “Allah”

Michael Otto — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:00:00 +0000

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (CNS) The High Court in Kuala Lumpur has ruled that a national Catholic weekly can use the word "Allah" to refer to God and that the Home Ministry’s order banning certain uses of the word was illegal. echo $variable;

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Kiwis assist tsunami relief at home and in Samoa

Michael Otto — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:00:00 +0000

AUCKLAND The swift and generous outpouring of New Zealand love and aid to tsunami-ravaged Samoa has included Catholic personnel from both countries. In some shape or form, every person, church and community has been affected either physically or emotionally, says retired banker and expatriate New Zealand Catholic layman Nigel Burr of Vaiala, near Apia. In

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Iraqi bishops express concern for people after blasts target Baghdad

Michael Otto — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:00:00 +0000

BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNS) Two Catholic bishops in Baghdad, Iraq, expressed shock and concern for their people following a series of targeted blasts that killed 95 people and wounded more than 500. "With these acts of violence, we are losing everything," Chaldean Auxiliary Bishop Shlemon Warduni told Catholic News Service by phone Aug. 20, the day

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