On the 12th of May, the month of Mary about 50 pilgrims joined the Family Pilgrimage with Mary to pray for the needs of families. Aside from the number of pilgrims that attended, the miracle was the beautiful cloudy day sandwiched in between two days of wet weather that saw the pilgrims journey from one Read more
The Anglican Church of Aotearoa has apologised for its role which led to Tauranga Moana hapū losing 432ha of land in central Tauranga to the Crown after the Battle of Gate Pa The church has also agreed to stand alongside Ngāi Tamarāwaho and Ngāti Tapu hapū in support of their claim for redress before the Read more
A new documentary about Pope Francis by film-maker Wim Wenders shows Francis telling his own story. Francis looks directly into the camera as though he’s having a conversation with the audience. The documentary will be released in the US on 18 May. Read more
Aso Lino Mika, 51, felt under pressure from her Samoan church in Christchurch to help store the pork at her Stanmore Rd dairy. Read more
Pope Francis has written the preface for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s second volume of collected writings. The volume is on the theme “faith and politics”. Francis says “Liberating freedom. Faith and politics in the third millennium”, acts as a compass to “understand our present and find a solid orientation for the future.” Read more
Newly-released documents prepared for the Tax Working Group have put concerns over inequality at the centre of the tax debate and suggested a broad-based capital gains tax could be a solution. One of the key questions facing the Tax Working Group was whether it should be aiming to reduce inequality, officials said. A broad-based capital Read more
The Catholic Church in Sudan has given hope to its people says the chair of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army-North. Abdelaziz Adam al-Hilu says the the Church has encouraged the people of the Nuba Mountains during decades of war with the government in Khartoum. “Bishop Macram gave hope to the people. He gave them courage Read more
Church abuse survivors have resigned themselves to being excluded from the upcoming Royal Commission of Inquiry. Inquiry chair, Sir Anand Satyanand has said that focusing on abuse which had a state link would give a ‘clarity of purpose’, and expanding the inquiry [into churches] would make it lengthier and much, much more costly. The Anglican Read more
The embezzlement trial for the former president of the Vatican bank began on Wednesday. Angelo Caloia and his former lawyer Gabriele Liuzzo (95) have been charged with embezzling 57 million euros ($68 million) in Vatican real estate sales. The case shows the Holy See’s willingness to prosecute shady financial deals that may have involved top Read more
Selling alcohol at some school fundraising events may violate the right of children in the eyes of the United Nations. That is the view of Hawke’s Bay District Health Board. It will now oppose applications for alcohol sales at school functions where children are present. The board is concerned at the presence and promotion of Read more