Eight priests, nuns and teachers have been expelled from Myanmar’s northern Shan state. China-backed ethnic minority Wa State Army have ordered them to leave the Wa Hills, which border China. They were only allowed to take what they could carry. Read more
Tears mixed with calls for healing as more than 50 people gathered in Dunedin to demand a new name for Kavanagh College. The meeting was organised by former Kavanagh College pupils Christian McNab and Sam Murphy following ODT Insight revelations about sexual offending within the Dunedin diocese. Continue reading
The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints Church plans to build a temple in Auckland – its second one in New Zealand. President Russell Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced the build during the church’s general conference in Utah in the United States. Continue reading
Leaders from Bougainville and Papua New Guinea have finally agreed to the question that will be asked in next year’s independence referendum. The referendum – tentatively scheduled for next June – will mark the end of a 20-year peace process that followed the end of the Bougainville civil war in the 1990s. The people of Read more
Malaysia’s morals policing is likely to be reduced. The new Malaysian government is taking tentative steps to curb abusive and obtrusive so-called moral policing some hard-line Islam followers favour. Read more
The New Zealand Catholic Bishops marked Respect Life Sunday, 14 October, with a message to its Catholic community on the preciousness and fragility of life. In their letter, they express their awareness of the pain and grief felt by those who have gone through the experience of either being unable to have a child or Read more
The Catholic fashion exhibit at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art attracted over 1.5 million visitors between 10 May and 8 October. “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination” has beaten the museum’s record for the institution’s best-attended show. The record had been held since the 1978 presentation of “Treasures of Tutankhamun,” which drew 1.4 Read more
On October 8 160-170 people arrived to sign in and get settled in at King’s College, Otahuhu. They were attending attended MAX2018NZ, a Joshua Men’s Fellowship event. The Theme was based on the word ‘’UNLESS’’. Unless we act to make changes and make it happen things will stay the same. Look to scripture John 12.24 Read more
A new Chaplaincy Innovation Lab is seeking to gather theologians, academics and chaplains to share research and practical strategies for effective chaplaincy. On Tuesday, the Lab launched its website and related social media platforms. The website will include a series of webinars hosted by chaplains. The goal is to create community and discover best practices Read more