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Pope Benedict has given his opinion that Catholics who become converts to evangelical churches often do so because they experience a lack of fervour, joy and community within Catholic parishes — not because of doctrinal reasons. “Often sincere people who leave our Church do not do so as a result of what non-Catholic groups believe, Read more
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Complaints about a controversial Napier church billboard claiming Jesus heals cancer have been upheld by advertising officials. The Equippers Church sign, which also displayed a tally of six to signify the number of people the church claimed had been healed of cancer caused outrage among many people, and sparked an investigation with the Advertising Standards Read more
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Auckland Council has issued a warning to church collectors from the Voice of Christ Full Gospel Church after complaints about the tactics they were using at traffic junctions. The collectors apparently weaved through traffic, banging on car windows to ask for money. After a Herald report yesterday on the group’s “window-cleaner-style methods” of seeking cash at Greenlane, Read more
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Brian O’Connell sm, editor of the Marist Messenger, develops his November Focus article on the theme that the “Evangelical movement is not just a ‘top-down’ message but a strong ‘bottom-up’ force.” He quotes John Allen, writing in the National Catholic Reporter, and says that it is time for the evangelical movement, the Catholic Evangelicals, “to Read more
