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In a phone conversation, Pope Leo XIV asked Russian leader Vladimir Putin to make a gesture to show he is serious about peace with Ukraine. Source: Catholic News Service.
Dunedin Diocese’s Council of Priests has written to Foreign Minister Winston Peters, urging action to help end the suffering in Gaza and bring peace to the Holy Land.
Catholics are still the largest religious group in Aotearoa New Zealand, but their numbers fell by 23,000 in five years, according to Census data. Source: Statistics New Zealand.
Catholic schools in Dunedin joined forces to collect food for St Vincent de Paul’s Dunedin foodbank, which was overwhelmed by the donations. Source: Otago Daily Times.
The revamp and earthquake-strengthening of St Joseph’s Church in Temuka was acknowledged in the 2025 New Zealand Commercial Projects Awards. Source: Timaru Herald.
The Archbishop of Sydney says a “second spring” of Catholic faith is underway across Sydney and beyond, contrary to popular narratives of decline. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Saving a friend from drowning in a swift-flowing creek has earned a young Whanganui parishioner a New Zealand Bravery Award.
An impromptu “beatboxing” and dancing session by two nuns on a Catholic TV show in Brazil has gone viral online with millions of views. Source: Catholic Herald.
A former Marist brother has received his 40th conviction for child sexual abuse and had his prison sentence extended. Source: New Zealand Herald.
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