by CathNews New Zealand | Apr 29, 2025 | 4th, Uncategorized
A requiem Mass for the repose of the soul of Pope Francis was offered at St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral on April 25. In his homily, Bishop Michael Gielen noted that it was the Easter season, in which hope has broken through darkness. “Pope Francis, like the Lord he followed,...
by CathNews New Zealand | Apr 24, 2025 | 4th, Uncategorized
Archbishop Paul Martin SM is scheduled to celebrate a Mass of Suffrage for Francis, Bishop of Rome, at the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Wellington at 7pm on Thursday, April 24. A Requiem Mass for the repose of the soul of Pope Francis will be offered...
by CathNews New Zealand | Apr 22, 2025 | 4th, Uncategorized
E tū’s national secretary, Rachel Mackintosh, said that loosening Easter trading laws would shift the balance away from workers and towards employers “who want to stay open no matter the cost”. “Retail workers already face pressure to work long...
by CathNews New Zealand | Apr 17, 2025 | 4th, Uncategorized
Mr Lomas told The Spinoff website that the story that stays in his mind the most was titled “The Runaway Priest”. “It was a guy, Filipo, whose family were from a Catholic Island in Tokelau, and he was sent to join an order in Rome,” he recalled “When he got there, he...
by CathNews New Zealand | Apr 15, 2025 | 4th, Uncategorized
“Have a good Palm Sunday. Have a good Holy Week,” the Pope said with a strained voice from the stage in St Peter’s Square on April 13. He was not using a nasal cannula to receive oxygen during his public appearance – unlike the week before, when he had come to the...
by CathNews New Zealand | Apr 11, 2025 | 4th, Uncategorized
A general synod committee for the Anglican Church ratified a joint statement by the Anglican Church’s Council for Ecumenism and Rabbi Dean Shapiro of Auckland’s Beth Shalom Progressive Jewish Community. The statement noted that the seder meals in question have...
