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The national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Aotearoa New Zealand briefly met Pope Leo XIV this month and asked him to visit New Zealand.
An Auckland councillor is opposed to building churches or temples on rural-zoned land, but is disgusted at religious bigotry over a proposed Hindu temple. Source: Stuff.
The Bishop of Palmerston North says Catholic schools have a spiritual dimension which is beautiful, and which distinguishes them from secular schools.
The Vatican’s secretary of state has described the crisis in Gaza as unacceptable and has called for bombing by Israel to cease. Source: Vatican News.
A University of Notre Dame (US) historian visiting Dunedin sees potential for the Vatican to provide a balancing narrative to those coming from secular powers. Source: Otago Daily Times.
A Kaikōura Catholic school principal says collaboration between schools must be retained even though a communities of learning scheme is ending. Source: Te Ao Māori News.
A landmark exhibition of artwork by Sr Mary Lawrence RSM (Julia Lynch) will start at the New Zealand Portrait Gallery Te Pūkenga Whakaata in Wellington next month. Source: New Zealand Portrait Gallery.
The former ecumenism chief at the Vatican says there are reasons to create a women’s diaconate in the Catholic Church now. Source: The Tablet.
A Texas bill requiring all public school classrooms in the state to prominently display the Ten Commandments is set to become law, but legal action to stop it is likely. Source: MSN/The Independent.
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