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The visit of a relic of St Carlo Acutis to Aotearoa New Zealand this month attracted thousands of people as it was taken to churches, schools, monasteries, youth gatherings and even through the streets.
A University of Otago lecturer says Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical Magnifica Humanitas challenges prevailing discourses of inevitability about the future. Source: Otago Daily Times.
The Vatican has rejected a request from the German bishops for permission to allow lay persons to deliver the homily in “exceptional circumstances” instead of a cleric. Source: CruxNow.
The New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services is calling for more flexibility in how Inland Revenue handles tax debt.
The editor of independent Catholic magazine Tui Motu InterIslands, Sr Ann Gilroy RSJ, is to step down at the end of 2026 after more than a decade in the role.
The Society of St Vincent de Paul in Hamilton is delighted that homeless men they supported have returned the favour with a three-course meal.
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The number of students who receive specialist English-language support in New Zealand state and state integrated schools has more than doubled over the past decade. Source: Radio New Zealand.
The Christian Brothers Oceania Province says it will be forced to close after nearly two centuries as it moves to settle a large number of abuse claims brought against it. Source: EWTN News.
The heads of the Church’s continental bodies gathered in Rome this week for three days of meetings dedicated to the next phase of the Synod on Synodality. Source: Vatican News.