By MARILYN RODRIGUES SYDNEY (OSV News) – The joy of Eastertide has turned to shock and bewilderment across Sydney’s Catholic community in the wake of a deadly knife attack at Bondi Junction Westfield shopping centre on April 13, in which seven people were killed and a dozen injured, including a nine-month-old baby. Archbishop Anthony Fisher of … Read More about Eastertide joy turns to tears as Sydney Catholics mourn horrific knife attack’s victims
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Christchurch CSS Foodbank closed
After 16 years, Christchurch diocese’s Catholic ... Read More about Christchurch CSS Foodbank closed
Papal Nuncio goes back to Rome
Archbishop Novatus Rugambwa, the Apostolic Nuncio ... Read More about Papal Nuncio goes back to Rome
Festival of New Life date announced
The sixth Sunday of Easter, which falls on May 5 ... Read More about Festival of New Life date announced
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Francis has said that he has decided to be buried in Rome’s Basilica of St Mary Major instead of in St Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, and that he has simplified the rites for a papal funeral. In a December 12 interview with Mexican news outlet N+, … Read More about Pope says he’ll be buried outside the Vatican, is simplifying funeral
By NZ CATHOLIC staff The Vatican has appointed a retired Australian bishop to conduct an investigation, after complaints reported in media about exorcisms being conducted by members of the Congregation of the Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer, also known as the Transalpine Redemptorists. Newshub reported that the Bishop Emeritus … Read More about Formal visitation by Australian bishop
By NZ CATHOLIC staff A company based in the United Kingdom has been appointed to conduct the assessment of the implementation of safeguarding culture standards for the Catholic Church in Aotearoa New Zealand. GCPS Consulting has been appointed and entrusted with the assessment, announced Te Rōpū Tautoko on November 20 … Read More about UK firm to assess NZ safeguarding
(OSV News) – The lighting of a Christmas tree and unveiling of a Nativity scene at the Vatican on December 9 included a group of special guests. For the first time in history, 150 homeless people had a festive meal, served by Italian journalists and their families, under the famous … Read More about Special guests at dinner under Bernini’s colonnade in Rome – the homeless
By MARTIN DE JONG Three weeks after Pope Francis released his latest apostolic exhortation on the climate crisis, Laudate Deum, a group of 13 people was unpacking its contents in the parish of Te Awakairangi in Lower Hutt. The evening, on October 25, was an “add-on” to a series of … Read More about Making Waves – Laudate Deum washes ashore in Wellington
By PETER OWENS Supporters of the contentious Olive Leaf building proposed for Arrowtown have lost an Environment Court appeal, six years after applying for resource consent. The Olive Leaf Centre Trust appealed a decision by independent planning commissioners in 2020, turning down its proposal for a multipurpose parish and community … Read More about Olive Leaf centre appeal fails in Environment Court
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