Loud” and “raucous” evangelical activities are not suitable for a highly visible Taupō lakefront park, councillors say. A “Winning Souls to Jesus” programme run by the New Methodist Christian Fellowship requested a licence to occupy Northcroft Domain for five months. Continue reading
Two teenagers who heroically lived the Christian virtues have had their Causes for canonisation advanced by Pope Francis. They are: Alexia González-Barros, who offered her sufferings from a malignant tumour for the Church Carlo Acutis, who used his computer skills to catalogue Eucharistic miracles around the world. Read more
A senior doctor has written to Parliament suggesting that MPs and mayors could carry out euthanasia since doctors are ethically barred. Dr Ross Boswell, a chemical pathologist and former chair of the New Zealand Medical Association which represents doctors, is among 35,000 submitters to the Justice select committee on David Seymour’s End of Life Choice Read more
The superior of Mother Teresa’s order Missionaries of Charity, says an employee and two nuns from the hospital that cares for single mothers have been arrested. They allegedly sold a newborn to a couple for about €1,500. The three women have been taking newborns from single mothers and then selling them. “We are completely shocked Read more
Next week marks the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Maori religious movement by the prophet Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuki in 1868. A special commemoration day, a ‘Ra Whakamaumahara’ of Te Haahi Ringatu will be held on Tuesday at Rangiwaho Marae just south of Gisborne near the area commonly known as Bartletts. Read Read more
Creative worship has seen traditional liturgies evolving into Holy Spirit-driven, multisensory events where fog, concert lights, prophetic paintings and aerialist performances, aim to help usher churchgoers into “incredible” encounters with God. “We’ve had some incredible experiences with fog,” the pastor of operations at one church says. However, some “worship experts” and longtime Christians are concerned Read more
Two Māori education leaders have lodged a claim with the Waitangi Tribunal saying the government’s decision to axe charter schools will have a detrimental effect on Māori students. Continue reading
Pope Francis will join other Christian church leaders tomorrow in Bari, southern Italy. They are gathering for ecumenical reflection and to offer prayers for Christians suffering in the Middle East. Read more
A Rosary-Coast-to-Coast event will surround the United States in active prayer on 7 October. The RosaryCoastToCoast website opens with a “clarion call to arms”: “We are at war. A war without borders. No one is exempt. The bloodless battle affects us all… No man is exempt. No woman excused. The fight has come full force.” Read more