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Catholics are being encouraged to reject a growing acceptance of war and rediscover their duty to be active peacemakers as the Church marks Support Life Sunday on October 11.
Election candidates faced searching questions prepared by young people on topics such as jobs and the cost of living at a forum in south Auckland hosted by Catholic organisations. Source: Pacific Media Network.
The president of the French bishops’ conference says the Church “received a great deal” from Pope Leo XIV’s visit to the country in recent days, but said it must be a catalyst for more. Source: Vatican News.
Fifteen Catholic colleges feature in a list of the 70 New Zealand schools that have the highest University Entrance attainment rates for school leavers. Source: Kiwiblog.
With South Korea set to host World Youth Day next August, the Archbishop of Seoul has sent a video message to New Zealanders, encouraging them to attend the major Catholic festival.
Two media outlets on opposite sides of the world last month highlighted how the Blessed Virgin Mary is acknowledged in Antarctica. Source: New Zealand Listener.
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Auckland Diocese’s Justice and Peace Commission has expressed support for a proposed law that would make virginity testing a criminal offence.
Cardinal Mykola Bychok, the head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, has asked the bishops of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands to pray for his war-torn homeland.
The new papal nuncio to Germany has told the local bishops that the papacy and the Eucharist are two safeguards that can help the Church avoid becoming “a Christian-flavoured” non-government organisation. Source: National Catholic Register.