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SYDNEY (CW) — The principal of a New Zealand school destroyed by the Christchurch earthquake last year visited Our Lady of Mercy College, Parramatta, more
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by LYNDSAY FREER
WELLINGTON — The Society of Mary has moved into a new province centre in Thorndon Quay in Wellington. It is the culmination of many moves more -
by JULIA SCHMETZER
CHRISTCHURCH — Very few families these days have been left untouched by one of life’s sorrowful mysteries; losing a child before birth, infertility, foetal abnormality, more -
by PETER GRACE
AUCKLAND — A Catholic missionary who became a Kiwi is now working with poor communities in India.
Tony Vijayraj told NZ Catholic more -
by Sr SIAN OWEN, RSJ
WELLINGTON — Doing “religion” homework has changed over the years. Before Vatican II, it was often preparing for the test that was to come on Friday. more -
by NZ CATHOLIC staff
WELLINGTON — The triennial New Zealand Catholic Education Convention will take place this year from August 8-10, in Wellington. If the attendance last time is anything more -
by PETER GRACE
AUCKLAND — Fr Peter Murphy of St Mary’s Parish, Papakura, may be the Johnny Appleseed of meditation.
It seems that wherever more -
by MICHAEL OTTO
AUCKLAND — After 29 years of teaching, Gabrielle Bateman still loves getting out of bed every morning to go to work.
But getting out more -
by DAN STOLLENWERK
It was an embarrassment and a scandal for Christianity to have arrived on New Zealand shores as a divided church, said Sr Anne of the Anglican contemplative order more -
by KATHLEEN CASEY
CHRISTCHURCH — Earthquakes have plunged Christchurch into a city of contrasts, from badly damaged to almost normal, a situation reflected in Catholic primary schools. more -
by MICHAEL OTTO
WELLINGTON — The many years of work among Wellington’s poor and forgotten by Sr Felix Breen, DOLC, has been acknowledged with a Local more -
by MICHAEL OTTO
AUCKLAND — The most difficult task Claudette Habesch faced in raising her children in Palestine was not letting hatred grow in their hearts.
“It has not more -
by PETER GRACE
AUCKLAND — God’s job description is mission, Jesus’ is evangelisation, and ours is discipleship, says priest and professor Fr Anthony Gittins, CSSp. more -
by KILIAN DE LACY
Many souls who achieved sanctity were, in earlier years, distinguished by their love of society and the high life.
Caterina Volpicelli more -
LONDON (CathNews) — An anonymous artist has designed a pamphlet depicting the 14 Stations of the Cross and has arranged them so they sit more
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by MICHAEL OTTO
AUCKLAND — Economist and journalist Rod Oram has issued a challenge to Christians who advocate more -
by MICHAEL OTTO
AUCKLAND — Five New Zealand dioceses have seminarians starting at Holy Cross Seminary in Ponsonby in 2012.
The diverse group more -
by KATHLEEN CASEY
CHRISTCHURCH — A classroom bursting with 160 people is now the venue for Woolston’s vigil and Sunday Masses.
Completed since the earthquake, more -
by PETER GRACE
RONGOTEA, Manawatu — There must be something in the Manawatu water that develops apostolates and service.
Three parishioners more -
by PETER MURPHY
It is so easy to take sides in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In the early years Israel had more -
by PETER MURPHY
What are the social and political realities of the land of the Bible today?
It was my good fortune to have been in Israel more -
LONDON (CathNews) — Richard Dawkins, the controversial English scientist billed by many as the world’s “most famous atheist”, more
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by CHERRY C. THELMO-FERNANDEZ
AUCKLAND — Nearly 10,000 people took part in a Catholic event, Sinulog 2012, at the North Shore Events Centre more -
by PETER GRACE
AUCKLAND — Thirteen-year-old Aaron Dahmen scored the winning goal for New Zealand in a football match against Australia in January more -
VATICAN CITY — Calls by a British minister who is a Muslim to follow the Pope’s example and reject intolerant secularisation in Europe more
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by JOY COWLEY
The Holy Sites of Europe and the Middle East are popular with New Zealand pilgrims, but there is much inspiration reinforcing more -
by JUDY LAMB
WHANGAREI — Judith Doyle wrote about the beautiful Waihi village church, built about 1889 by the mission priest Father J.W Smiers, more -
by NZ CATHOLIC staff
AUCKLAND — New Zealand’s only diocesan seminary, Holy Cross in Auckland, is to get a new rector.
Msgr Peter Jeffrey more -
by MICHAEL OTTO
AUCKLAND — Maori, Pasifika and Asian children and young people make up about 40 per cent of students enrolled in Catholic schools more -
by PAT McCARTHY
Come all ye faithful, come ye to Bethlehem — to the underground cave where Jesus was born.
Cave? What about the wooden-framed stable more -
VATICAN CITY (CathNews) — An ancient document found in the Vatican archives casts new light on the story of the Nativity more
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by MICHAEL MORRISSEY
During my school days in the 1950s the air was thick with stories of martyrs.
First, there was more -
by MICHAEL OTTO
AUCKLAND — For World Vision International’s Tennille Bergin, there’s one country in the world more -
by MICHAEL OTTO
AUCKLAND — The last few weeks were hectic for Black Fern Karina Penetito as she prepared for three rugby more -
NZ Catholic, ‘The true meaning of Christmas’ art competiton 2011, winners. more
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by SUE SECONI
WHANGANUI — Retirement normally heralds the end of long working days, easing up on commitments more -
LONDON (LSN) — According to The Tablet of London, the Archbishop of Westminster, Vincent Nichols, has publicly expressed support for homosexual civil unions, more
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by PETER GRACE
AUCKLAND — Three problems hamper the creation of a free and virtuous democratic society, says American author and intellectual George Weigel. more -
by PETER GRACE
AUCKLAND — Freedom and democracy are not enough for a flourishing society — virtue is also essential, says American author and intellectual more -
MELBOURNE (CathNews) — A new study by the Christian Research Association has found that attendance at traditional Uniting churches across Australia has declined more
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OUIDAH, Benin (CWN) — Pope Benedict XVI challenged Catholics to “Be the salt of the African earth” as he formally released his apostolic exhortation more
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by DAN STOLLENWERK
AUCKLAND — Instead of asking what other denominations might learn from our beliefs, we must begin to ask more -
by NZ CATHOLIC staff
One hundred years ago, on November 29, 1911, the first leprosy patients arrived on the island of Makogai, a beautiful, more -
by NZ CATHOLIC staff
WELLINGTON — The new translation of the Roman Missal will not be introduced in New Zealand on the first Sunday more -
ASSISI, Italy (CNS) — People who are suspicious of religion cannot be blamed for questioning God’s existence when they see believers more
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The idea that Tintin could be racist is merely the imagining of an “integralist political correctness”. more
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by MICHAEL OTTO
AUCKLAND — Roye Hammond is 93 years of age and still swings a pick and shovel with a vigour that would more -
The following is a presentation by Nathaniel Centre director John Kleinsman at the St John’s Public Issues Forum more
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by MICHAEL MORRISSEY
A man of medium height and of strong muscular build, in his mid 30s, is bounding up — or down — the stairs. more -
AUCKLAND — One of the speakers at the 2012 Eucharistic Convention in Auckland, Ignatius Ngara, must have more
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by MICHAEL OTTO
WANAKA — Ten students at Holy Family School, Wanaka, have been writing and drawing to highlight the meaning of Christmas. more -
by MICHAEL OTTO
WELLINGTON — The Kiwi Party will not stand candidates under its own banner in the General Election, but is encouraging members to work with more -
RICHMOND, Virginia (CWN) — The National Marriage Project, joined by universities in five nations, has published The Sustainable Demographic Dividend more
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VATICAN CITY (VI) — On the eve of the last meeting with the Pope during their ad limina visit, more
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Guardian angels exist to protect every human life from its beginning to end, Pope Benedict XVI said. more
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by KATHLEEN CASEY
CHRISTCHURCH — Realising the mercy of Christ when he was a teenaged atheist was a turning point for French priest Fr Patrice Chocholski, more -
SYDNEY (CathNews) — The Traditional Anglican Communion primate Archbishop John Hepworth has rebuffed calls for his resignation more
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FREIBURG, Germany (VI) — Benedict XVI issued an unusual and sincere warning while in Freiburg during his visit to Germany: more
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CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy, (Zenit) — One of the two scholars chosen to address the Ratzinger “Schulerkreis” (school) in late August was Otto Neubauer, director of the Academy for Evangelization of the Emmanuel Community in Vienna. more
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) In Italian the verbs “to translate” and “to betray” sound very similar and have given birth to the adage, “To translate is to betray.” Msgr. Juan Miguel Ferrer Grenesche, undersecretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship more
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SYDNEY (CNS) Three Catholic entities in Australia apologised “with a deep sense of regret and heartfelt sorrow” over forced adoption practices involving thousands of single mothers that occurred in past decades. more
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DUBLIN (CNS) Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny has accused the Vatican of adopting a "calculated, withering position" on abuse in the wake of a judicial report that accused the Holy See of being "entirely unhelpful" to Irish bishops trying to deal with abuse. more
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AUCKLAND Thousands of words attacking the papacy and Catholicism more
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