Most children can barely organise their own lunches, but Broadfield School pupil Tallulah Baxter is organising an event to help feed hundreds. After seeing a Campbell Live story from 2012 on kids going to school without lunch, the Canterbury 11-year-old decided to host a screening of kids’ nativity film The Star at Hoyts Riccarton on December 3, with all proceeds going to Fill Their Lunchbox (FTL). Read Read more
The Catholic Church is working to combat Myanmar’s human trafficking problem through the newly founded Myanmar branch of Talitha Kum. Talith Kum is an international network of religious working to eradicate human trafficking. Read more
With the resurgence of public piety, more and more Muslims are aware of the need to balance being religious and being modern,” Eva Nisa, a lecturer in religious studies at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand, told the Innovation Group. “For them, these are not opposed.” Her research specialties include Muslim youth in Malaysia Read more
Interfaith dialogue has been a special feature of Pope Francis’s recent trip to Myanmar and Bangladesh. He is striving to have “the wealth of our differences” to be part of the conversations between religions. Read more
Ian Alindada admits he was a problem child who questioned himself from a young age. Just 18 months ago the young Filipino immigrant was thrust into an alien environment, a Kiwi Catholic school, and it was a case of either sink or swim. Not long after enrolling in Masterton’s Chanel College during term two last year he scored one of the Read more
Despite Russia saying making 25 December a public holiday is forbidden, the parliament in Ukraine has voted to add the Western Christmas day to its list of public holidays. Ukraine’s Catholic church is welcoming the vote. The Orthodox Christmas Day is celebrated on 7 January. The addition of 25 December to the list of public Read more
“A bit of magic” was created in Katikati at the weekend through a combination of musical talent, research and an extraordinary, rare manuscript. Tauranga’s Colin and Stephanie Smith discovered the manuscript 10 or 12 years ago in a pile of music bought decades earlier as part of an auction lot from an estate in Christchurch. Read more
A list of the top 30 Catholic music artists for 2017 has been released. Matt Maher, a Canadian musician who will be performing in Auckland this weekend, leads the list. Read more
After eight years in New Zealand, Dinesha Amarasinghe, her husband and her three sons have been told they will be deported back to Sri Lanka. The reason: Dinesha has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Continue reading
Russia’s Supreme Court has confirmed children can be removed from their parents if they involve them in banned social or religious groups. Local media claim the move is aimed against the outlawed Jehovah’s Witnesses. Read more