The latest from CathNews
Pope Leo XIV told thousands of people in St Peter’s Square on Sunday that he will gradually return to his normal duties, having undergone surgery on one of his lungs last week. Source: National Catholic Reporter.
Charles Ropitini has been ordained to the permanent diaconate by Palmerston North Bishop John Adams at a Mass at St Joseph’s Māori Girls’ College in Napier, with the bishop saying beforehand that the ordination is one of several signs of new life in his diocese.
The New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services has put responses by political parties on proposals to raise incomes and address barriers for those experiencing hardship on a “poverty policy scorecard”.
Daily life in Bethlehem in the Holy Land has become unrecognisable for a De La Salle brother who once worked as pastoral director and director of human formation at Holy Cross Seminary in Auckland. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Wellington Archdiocese’s Ecology, Justice and Peace Commission is one of several organisations requesting that Kāinga Ora’s chief executive stops the sale of 36 empty state homes in Strathmore before the general election. Source: Radio New Zealand.
Catholic colleges feature prominently in a list compiled by an education researcher showing how well schools do given their socio-economic equity measures. Source: Kiwiblog.
Ad
Ad
A joy-filled celebration of 40 years of the Joshua Catholic Men’s Fellowship in Aotearoa New Zealand prompted its national leader to say he believes a new era for the organisation is underway.
The Holy See’s Permanent Observer to the United Nations has highlighted an urgent need for disarmament as the nuclear landscape is causing “profound concern”, including with the integration of artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies into systems. Source: Vatican News.
A pilgrimage honouring Our Lady of Nazareth drew an estimated 2.3 million people to the streets of Belém in Brazil for one of the largest processions in the world. Source: EWTN News.