A Sri Lankan court issued a summons on Friday ordering an ex-president to appear in a case alleging he failed to prevent suicide bomb attacks in 2019 that killed nearly 270 people. The court ordered ex-President Maithripala Sirisena to appear on 14 October in a complaint filed by a Catholic priest and a worshipper. They Read more
America’s top abortion provider, Planned Parenthood, now offers “gender-affirming health care” including prescribing life-altering hormone injections to children as young as 16. According to Planned Parenthood itself, the abortion company has inched its way to becoming the second-largest provider of hormonal injections in America. This had increased significantly since the number of abortions provided by Read more
Sacred Heart College was evacuated after a fire broke out in the school’s technology room while children were inside, the headmaster says. A spokesperson from Fire and Emergency NZ (FENZ) said the fire had been extinguished and the building was being ventilated. At 12.25pm a small amount of smoke could still be seen by the Read more
“We continue to pray for the Ukrainian people, that the Lord will give them comfort and hope.” Pope Francis made that appeal on Sunday as he spoke to pilgrims gathered in St Peter’s Square for the Angelus prayer. The Pope also recalled that he had sent Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, the Prefect of the Dicastery for Read more
The convenor of a science and technology fair who has been doing the job for more than 30 years says every year students become more innovative, and the future is in good hands. The judging for the Central South Island Sanford Science and Technology Fair took place at Craighead Diocesan School on Saturday, and event Read more
Communist China is adopting a new regulation for radio, television and online programmes that strictly bans all forms of dissent and unauthorised religious content that threatens to disrupt “social order” and negate “socialist culture,” says a report. The State Administration of Radio and Television published the draft regulation titled: “Provisions on the Administration of Radio, Read more
The Queen is part of the reconciliation of Ireland, the head of the Church of Ireland has said. Archbishop of Armagh John McDowell was speaking during a service of reflection for the life of Queen Elizabeth II in which prayers were said to celebrate “her life and work for this country and for the Commonwealth, Read more
Britain’s new health secretary is facing pressure over her stance on abortion. Thérèse Coffey, a practising Catholic, was named the UK’s deputy prime minister and health secretary on 6 September by incoming prime minister Liz Truss, the successor to Boris Johnson. Coffey, who has voted against measures to expand abortion, told Sky News that she Read more
Over 200 guests and past pupils gathered at St Joseph’s Māori Girls’ College in Napier this afternoon to celebrate the launch of A History of St Joseph’s Māori Girls’ College by Dr Malcolm Mulholland (Ngāti Kahungunu). Covering over 150 years, the book explores the college’s religious founding, the challenges and prejudices it has overcome, the Read more
The oldest major shopping centre in the Philippines is exhibiting more than 50 Marian images to celebrate the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The exhibition “Salamat Maria: Tribute to the Beloved Mother’s Birthday” was inaugurated on 1 September 1 and will be open until 10 September at the Ali Mall in Read more