Scotland’s only gender clinic for minors is formally pausing the prescription of puberty blockers and hormone medications that are designed to facilitate gender transitions for children after a review commissioned by the English government questioned the efficacy of those practices. This announcement effectively ends the practice of providing sex-change drugs and hormone medications to children Read more
Leading pro-life Catholic doctor Dermot Kearney was ‘overwhelmed’ when he received a prestigious award for his pro-life work. Dr Dermot Kearney received the Anton Neuwirth Prize for the Protection of Life award in Slovakia ‘for providing medical care and for testifying to his courage in helping women avert pharmacological abortion.’ A regular contributor to the Read more
Fox News: Presbyterian Support Otago, a non-profit organization, announced its plans to sell a rest-home, hospital, and retirement village in Wānaka, citing financial strains. The group will also discontinue its partnership with the Aspiring Enliven Care Centre in Cardrona Valley Rd, which offers aged care and nursing services. Jo O’Neill, Chief Executive, said that insufficient Read more
Father Massimo Fusarelli, leader of the worldwide Franciscan order, has appealed to his fellow Franciscans to stay put in the Holy Land despite rising tensions and threats to physical safety due to the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Speaking in an April 18 interview with the Franciscan-run Custodia magazine, Fusarelli Read more
The Carmelite nuns who sued the Bishop of Fort Worth last year have fiercely rejected a new decree from Vatican City that they be governed by an association of monasteries, calling the decision a hostile takeover. “We are not things to be traded or given away in backroom deals,” the nuns wrote in a four-page Read more
Some pet owners are being forced to choose between feeding themselves or their animals, as the cost of living crisis continues to bite. There has been an increasing number of dogs being surrendered to rescues – which are already at capacity – as owners find they can not afford food of vet bills. Tyra Basilicata Read more
A Catholic priest who serves at St Mary’s Catholic Cathedral in Amarillo, Texas, was pepper-sprayed while hearing confessions last week, according to a statement from the parish. The parish said in a statement on Facebook that “someone dealing with mental health issues” sprayed rector Father Tony Neusch with the irritant while he was hearing confessions. Read more
For a number of years, many people from different church traditions and movements have been planning for a new Christian College in Wellington. If you are interested in Christian Education in Wellington, especially in the establishment of a Christian College, the Board of Trustees invites you to hear an update and pray with them. Read Read more
An African cardinal widely seen as a conservative critic of Pope Francis and styled by some as a possible candidate for the papacy himself has warned of what he described as a “practical atheism” taking hold within the Catholic Church. Cardinal Robert Sarah of Guinea also repeated his criticism of Fiducia Supplicans, the recent Vatican Read more
A residents group will ask the Waihoro-Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote Community Board to advocate for a full-time community police officer in Addington. The Addington Neighbourhood Association will send a letter to the board before the end of the month, asking it to request police fund the officer. The move stemmed from a community meeting where concerned residents were Read more