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In the lead-up to Social Justice Week 2026, New Zealand’s Catholic bishops are urging people to recognise the dignity and worth of every person in a world increasingly shaped by conflict, displacement, misinformation and exclusion.
The New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services has voiced opposition to a proposed law that would prohibit the Crown from funding initiatives that are run by or associated with gangs.
For the first time since 2017, Aotearoa New Zealand has hosted the Australasian Catholic Press Association conference.
The latest edition of a New Zealand Catholic bioethics journal features a series of reflections on Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence.
Caritas is responding to catastrophic flooding in northern Nepal that has left hundreds dead, thousands displaced and is causing widespread damage to homes, roads and critical infrastructure.
An Australian educator who helped develop a programme to make Catholic schools centres for evangelisation and offer peer-to-peer ministry by students is pleased to see the programme being taken up in parts of Aotearoa New Zealand.
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The visit of US liturgist Fr Paul Turner last month helped provide clarity for those who heard him about which parts of the liturgy allow for flexibility, Wellington Archbishop Paul Martin SM has said.
Pope Leo XIV has told Society of St Vincent de Paul members that the saint after which they are named demonstrated that prayer and social justice are inseparable. Source: Vatican News.
Nigeria’s Catholic bishops have condemned a mass kidnapping of more than 100 Muslims and the killing of nearly 50 people in a separate incident. Source: The Tablet.