secular country – NZ Catholic Newspaper https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz The New Zealand National Catholic Newspaper Wed, 28 Feb 2018 01:30:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.4 For secular Australia, World Youth Day was wake-up call https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2008/07/31/for-secular-australia-world-youth-day-was-wake-up-call/ https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2008/07/31/for-secular-australia-world-youth-day-was-wake-up-call/#respond Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:00:00 +0000 http://nzcatholic.iconmedia.co.nz/?p=2433 SYDNEY (CNS) In what is often seen as one of the most intensely secular nations in the world, Australia received a wake-up call the faith of the church on public display over the weeklong celebrations of World Youth Day. For young Catholics used to seeing a steady annual decline in figures such as Mass attendance

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