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Study groups set up as a result of the Synod on Synodality have reported on criteria for selecting bishops and on addressing difficult questions facing the Church. Source: Vatican News.
Auckland Bishop Steve Lowe was elected to a second term as president of the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference in Hamilton last week, during the NZCBC’s quarterly meeting.
The New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services has expressed strong opposition to proposed changes in the way the national census is carried out.
A body has been recovered from the water off the Orkney island of Stronsay in Scotland, near where a New Zealand monk went missing last month. Source: BBC.
The number of couples getting married in Aotearoa New Zealand continued to fall in 2025, according to the latest figures by Stats NZ.
In a homily at Westminster Cathedral in London, Palmerston North Bishop John Adams recounted a poignant story from his time as a young priest as part of a reflection on the Church’s long view of life and goodness that extends beyond this world.
Two deputy principals from John Paul College in Rotorua have been selected for the Ministry of Education’s new Aspiring Principal Programme. Source: Waikato Business News.
Pastoral priorities for the Archdiocese of Sydney focused on more prayerful liturgies, Christ-centred communities and renewed missionary outreach have been recommended by a local synod and accepted by the archbishop.
A Canadian priest recovering from a hip fracture was twice offered assisted death by hospital medical staff in Vancouver who knew he was a priest and was opposed to it. Source: National Catholic Register.
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