Comments 0
Archbishop of Wellington, the Most Reverend John Dew is requiring priests, parish volunteers and employees who work in schools to undergo police vetting. He will also go through the process himself. Archbishop Dew, Tuesday, wrote to all priests and deacons in the Archdiocese saying that following recent incidents throughout the country, the Education Review Office requires police Read more
Comments 1
The Holy Father, with the agreement of the respective governments, has announced that Archbishop Martin Krebs is the new Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand, the Cook Islands, Kiribati, Palau, and Federated States of Micronesia in the Pacific. Archbishop Krebs (56) was born in Essen, Germany. He was ordained priest in 1983, and after obtaining a doctorate in Read more
Comments 0
New Zealand has no idea what charities are doing with their money nor whether they actually make a difference, says Dr Michael Gousmett, a member of the Australian Charity Law Association. As reported by Stuff, Gousmett says New Zealand Charities are not required by law to give a percentage of their surplus to the public benefit. Read more
Comments 0
The Christchurch Rugby Club is complaining that privately owned land adjacent to its land is no longer available to it. The club, who currently needs to access to its neighbour’s land to turn its park lights on and off say the private land is part of the club’s history and it will cost the club Read more
Comments 0
Hunger in an agricultural country where the shops and even the garbage bins are full of food seems too hard to believe, said Hamilton Bishop Denis Browne said on Thursday. The NZ Herald reports Bishop Browne is calling on the Government to allow different policy options for food programmes in schools to be examined and Read more
Comments 1
On Tuesday The Great Christchurch Buildings Trust announced that the Anglican Cathedral in Christchurch New Zealand, which was severely damges in by an earthquake could be restored for $67 million, as opposed to the $220 million the Anglican Church says is needed. One of the most contentious factors in the $153 million difference is whether base isolators – flexible bearings in Read more
Comments 0
Napier’s longest serving priest, Monsignor Timothy Hannigan, 81, died on Sunday. Parishioners watched in shock as he collapsed at the altar during mass, moments after baptising a baby. A doctor and nurses in the church rushed to help but he died by the altar of the church where he had served for 34 years. Originally Read more
Comments 0
Bishop Peter Cullinane was among speakers remembering those who have died at work, at a commemoration service for Workers Memorial Day in Palmerston North on Sunday 28 April. Bishop Peter said that each one of the “terrible statistics” of workplace deaths, injuries and illnesses represented the suffering of individuals and families. He said human wellbeing Read more
Comments 0
Seventy-six per cent of responses gathered by TV3′s The Vote last Wednesday night agreed with the proposition that New Zealand was a racist country. But views are divided however on whether the problem is a lack of tolerance across the board or white institutional racism against people of colour. At a Conference on Racism convened Read more
Comments 0
A wall painting of St Peter Chanel is not the only sign that Kiwis have been in Venezuela. Fr Tony O’Connor, a New Zealand Marist priest, will soon be leaving Flor Amarillo, Valencia, Venezuela. His departure will bring to an end 46 years of Marist work in the area. As well as Fr Tony, two Read more
