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Pacific countries could face an annual funding shortfall of up to $6.3 billion as new research published by Caritas and other bodies reveals that the true cost of adapting to climate change is far higher than previously understood.
Pope Leo XIV has put several questions to bishops at a Vatican gathering on the family, including asking where the Church’s pastoral language and practices are opening doors in a time of cultural change, but also where they do not resonate with or motivate people. Source: Vatican News.
Catholic schools offer young people hope – a commodity that is increasingly needed in a secular society – and are among the most important places of evangelisation, National Centre for Religious Studies director Colin Macleod has said.
Palmerston North Bishop Emeritus Peter Cullinane has written a reflection exploring whether Christians sometimes underestimate their calling to help shape the society in which they live.
The Catholic Enquiry Centre is taking steps to gather a clearer picture of those being initiated into the Catholic Church throughout New Zealand.
The president of Human Life International has told a New Zealand audience that human dignity does not diminish with age, illness, disability or dependence on others, and that the housebound must remain part of parish life.
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A Government Minister has backed the Ministry for Ethnic Communities after a call for a review of its role and the establishment of an independent Crown entity for religious affairs. Source: Radio New Zealand.
The former bishop of Broome Diocese in Western Australia has been sentenced to six years and six months in prison for sexually abusing two young Indigenous men. Source: Associated Press/Crux Now.
Pope Leo XIV has joined a roster of tech executives and political power brokers named among the world’s most influential people by Vanity Fair magazine. Source: National Catholic Reporter.