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Auckland Diocese saw an 8 per cent increase in Mass attendance in 2025 – which follows a 10 per cent increase the previous year.
Welfare requests to the Society of St Vincent de Paul in Christchurch have increased markedly over the past year.
Parliament has recorded parties’ votes on an abuse redress bill after skipping that step during the third reading. Source: Radio New Zealand.
Pope Leo XIV closed the Extraordinary Synod of Cardinals this month with an address focused on hope, synodality and the Church’s responsibility in a world marked by war and a crisis in human relationships. Source: Vatican News.
The leader and deputy leader of the Labour Party attended a Tongan community Mass at St Benedict’s Church in Newton, Auckland earlier this month.
Students from St Bede’s College in Christchurch have featured in a New Zealand Herald video series about what is happening to young people online and what responses can be made. Source: New Zealand Herald.
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Celebrations are being planned to mark the 150th anniversary of the first Catholic church in Ashburton. Source: Ashburton Courier.
The Church must be a presence alongside those who are suffering, Caritas Venezuela said after two deadly earthquakes hit the South American nation. Source: The Tablet.
Myanmar’s junta has sentenced a Catholic nun who has been providing aid to internally displaced people to eight months in prison under a law widely used to suppress dissent. Source: UCA News.