Monsignor Peter Jeffrey will be leaving his role as Rector of the Holy Cross Seminary in Auckland New Zealand a little earlier than expected for health reasons. He was farewelled at the seminary this week. “I’m sad to be leaving at this stage in the year but owing to health reasons I feel that it’s best Read more
The Green Party supports the decriminalisation of abortion. Having an abortion in New Zealand is still a crime under the Crimes Act, unless a pregnant woman faces a danger to her life, physical or mental health. The Greens wants to make abortion freely available to women up to 20 weeks pregnant. Read Green Party Press Read more
The family Blesilda “Blessie” Gotingco who was murdered on her way home from work last month has received a message of support from the Vatican. Father Craig Dunford, who presided at her requiem mass on Thursday said he had sent a message to the Vatican this week asking that Pope Francis remember her in prayer. Read more
This year’s Independence day celebrations has been a unique one for the Catholic Church in Samoa. The new cathedral was officially blessed and the Missionary Sisters of the Society of Mary (SMSM sisters) are celebrating 150 years of service in Samoa. Past pupils came from around the world to participate in yesterday’s Independence Day parade. Read more
St Patrick’s Cathedral, Auckland, may give consideration to a policy on the use of social media at weddings in the church. The move comes on the back of a British study of bride’s expectations, showing nearly half believe it is important to enforce digital rules on wedding guests. The study also indicated one in seven Read more
Right to Life New Zealand is asking why there is the outcry from The New Zealand government about the Sudanese woman who has been condemned to death unless she recants her Christian faith. It is calling on the government to petition the Sudanese government to immediately release Mariam Ibrahim from imprisonment. Ibrahim, a Sudanese mother, Read more
Dunedin’s Catholic Social Services (CCS) director Ian Donnelly says that while investment in housing would be part of a solution to South Dunedin’s socioeconomic deprivation, the real key was jobs. South Dunedin is the most deprived area in Otago, according to the latest Socioeconomic Deprivation Index, ”Meaningful work that gives people a decent income to Read more
During a meeting with the Pope in Rome, New Zealand’s Governor General, Sir Jerry Mateparae has invited Pope Francis to visit New Zealand. Mateparae wrote on his Facebook page: “Our audience with Pope Francis was a very special occasion for us today.” “Pope Francis was well informed about New Zealand. He was most interested in Read more
The Budget largely fails to address the root causes of poverty, provide more affordable and social housing, or adequately protect our environment says the The Justice and Peace Commission for the Catholic Diocese of Auckland. The Commission says: The Budget fails to adequately address the legitimate redistribution of economic benefits by the state as discussed Read more
A priest and a catechist have been murdered in the Goilala Mountains in the Central province of Papua New Guinea. Fr Jerry Inao and the communion minister, Benedict, were shot dead at Kamulai on Sunday 4th May. Fr Jerry, a native of the area and a member of the Kunimeipa tribe, was in his early Read more