The Government should closely scrutinise the visa application of Holocaust denier Candace Owens, the chair of the Holocaust Centre of New Zealand has urged. Owens, an American far-right activist with a history of antisemitic, Islamophobic and homophobic comments, is visiting Auckland in November as part of a speaking tour which will also take her to Read more
A new exhibit on the lives of Pope Saint John Paul II and President Ronald Reagan will open in Simi Valley, California, at the end of August. “The Pope and The President: Bringing Hope to the World” is set to open August 31 and run until October 27 at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Read more
The UK government has been urged to launch a national plan to “prioritise” the teaching of Religious Education (RE). The Religious Education Council of England and Wales (REC) and the National Association for Teachers of RE (NATRE) are calling for a “fairer allocation of resources to the subject” and the recruitment of more RE teachers. Read more
During the Paris Olympic Games, track and field champions rang the bronze bell located close to the finish line at Saint-Denis’ Stade de France. That same bell will ring in the newly reopened Notre Dame Cathedral during the most sacred part of the Mass in December. “We were contacted a few months ago by the Read more
Malaysians are determined to proceed with their travel plans to Singapore for the Papal visit in September despite the detection of pox cases on the island republic. “No matter what, I will go. There’s no turning back,” said Angeline Lee from Kuala Lumpur. The 52-year-old told UCA News that she is not dropping her plans Read more
Dormitory facilities at our four Māori boarding schools were significantly in need of critical improvements to ensure a healthy and safe learning environment. In Budget 2021, $20 million over a two-year period (2021/22 and 2022/23) was allocated to make the necessary improvements to recognise the important role Māori boarding schools play in growing future Māori Read more
The Vatican Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has given the go-ahead for the Spanish pilgrimage site of Chandavila and the veneration of Our Lady there. On Thursday, the dicastery published a letter from Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, Prefect of the Faith, to the Archbishop of Mérida-Badajoz, José Rodríguez Carballo, in which he confirms Read more
Rome’s mayor Roberto Gualtieri expects more than 100,000 pilgrims per day for the Holy Year 2025. Gualtieri said this on Friday in a video message to participants of a Catholic meeting in Rimini. Gualtieri said the great Catholic pilgrimage event is a challenge that makes hands tremble. At the same time, it is an opportunity Read more
The Vatican on Wednesday expelled the founder of an influential Peruvian religious movement, the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, after the Catholic hierarchy spent more than a decade downplaying allegations of sexual and psychological abuse and financial corruption against him and his community. The decree against Luis Fernando Figari came after Pope Francis last year ordered an Read more
Celebrating their treasures, arts and children, members of South Canterbury’s Tongan community have started language week celebrations. The theme of Tongan Language Week, which runs from August 18 to 24, is “E tu’uloa ‘a e lea faka-Tongá ‘o ka lea’aki ‘i ‘api, siasí (lotú), mo e nofo-‘a-kāingá”, meaning the Tongan language will be sustainable when Read more