Canterbury residents are more concerned about climate change than the rest of New Zealand, a new Stuff survey has revealed. The NowNext survey over two weeks in August asked more than 5500 New Zealanders about their major concerns. The results were weighted to reflect national age, gender and location demographics. The online survey found 42% Read more
A Vatican envoy in Ukraine prayed in silence at the recently discovered mass grave in Izium on Monday while forensic experts in white protective suits exhumed bodies – at least 146 so far. Cardinal Konrad Krajewski said during his visit to the grave site on 19 September that “seeing so many [dead] in one area Read more
Research shows people who struggle with reading and maths as teenagers suffer lasting disadvantage, especially if they are women or Māori. The New Zealand Work Research Institute at Auckland University of Technology (AUT) found low scores in maths and reading tests at age 15 were associated with worse incomes, qualifications, and crime and health statistics Read more
The US Department of Homeland Security has announced the appointment of a new, 25-member faith-based advisory council to assist Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in finding ways to protect houses of worship. The council consists of Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Sikh clergy plus some law enforcement and nonprofit faith group leaders. The safety of religious congregations has Read more
For two weeks in October, the facade of St Peter’s Basilica will be the screen for the nighttime showing of a short film about the life, the call and the ministry of St Peter. The eight-minute 3D film, using art from the basilica and from the Vatican Museums, will be projected onto the facade every Read more
The year 2021 was an outlier in many respects. Much of the year was characterised by halting steps to return to something resembling normality following the global health emergency declared in 2020 over the coronavirus pandemic. There was a recession that started before COVID-19 throttled the United States and much of the world, but that Read more
A delegation of Canadian Inuits travelled to Paris earlier this month to press France to fulfil a request filed by Canada in August for the extradition of 92-year-old Joannes Rivoire, who lives in the French city of Lyon. Rivoire, who holds both French and Canadian nationality, is accused of sexually abusing young Inuit in the Read more
For many the price of groceries is prohibitive. At many supermarkets, tomatoes cost $15 per kilogram. A bag of Homebrand potato chips is $1.50, and a litre of soft drink is $0.90. For many families, the choice is obvious. Why get a bag of vegetables, when you could get 10 bags of chips or 16 Read more
During nearly five months of captivity in Burkina Faso, Marianite Sister Suellen Tennyson wondered aloud where God was hiding amid her isolation and loneliness. Then, in an instant, she looked down at her feet, where one of her toenails had been battered and bloodied during a harrowing post-kidnapping motorcycle ride deep into the forests of Read more
Christians Against Poverty is calling for a government inquiry into the sale of low-value insurance to lower-income car buyers. It also wants the Government to ban the misuse of car immobilisers, which some finance companies require borrowers to pay to install, allowing them to immobilise vehicles if borrowers miss repayments. Christians Against Poverty (CAP) says Read more