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In a video message for the 100th World Mission Sunday this coming weekend, Pope Leo XIV thanked the faithful for their prayers and support, recalling how they helped nurture his vocation and sustain his own missionary work in Peru. Source: Vatican News.

Palmerston North Bishop John Adams has asked for consideration of how Sunday Mass can become a natural and expected part of what it means to enrol a child in a Catholic school.

The Catholic Diocese of Dunedin continues to seek a partner to redevelop the St Dominic’s Priory site in the city, aiming to ensure the building benefits the wider community. Source: The Star.

Pope Leo XIV will have surgery within days to remove a small growth detected in his lung. Source: The Tablet.

Hamilton Diocese has refreshed its website to make it more modern and accessible.

Wellington Archbishop Paul Martin SM has asked for more promotion of prayer in his archdiocese and has expressed a desire for a location that is open 24 hours a day for that purpose.

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Rarotonga Bishop Emeritus Paul Donoghue SM has celebrated his final Mass with the Cook Islands Catholic community in Auckland ahead of a move to Christchurch.

Many Catholics in Australia who do not regularly go to Sunday Mass still pray, believe Jesus is the Son of God and say their faith matters, according to a study released by the nation’s bishops. Source: EWTN News.

Pope Leo XIV has reiterated that capital punishment is ”inadmissible” as he marked the World Day Against the Death Penalty and his native United States announced plans to livestream an execution by firing squad. Source: National Catholic Reporter.