Sainthood causes Pope Francis advanced this week included that of Sister Leonella Sgorbati. Sgorbati was an Italian missionary nun shot to death in Somalia in 2006 along with her Muslim driver and bodyguard, Mohamed Osman Mahamud after Pope benedict XVI’s Regensburg lecture. Read more
The Anglican Bishop of Waikato is to return to her roots after being named as the new Bishop of Ripon in the Church of England’s Diocese of Leeds. In 2014. Originally ordained in the Diocese of Oxford, she served curacies in Wheatley and Littlemore before becoming New Testament lecturer and then director of biblical studies Read more
Vatican II and its effect on the Catholic Church is the subject of a new movie. “Novitiate” takes place just before the Second Vatican Council. Read more
Two 19-year-old women have been arrested following the fire that tore through Sacred Heart Girls’ College in Hamilton on Friday night. The pair will appear in Hamilton District Court on Wednesday charged with arson. Fireworks were found at the scene of the fire on Saturday. Continue reading Read about the fire
Pope Francis founded the World day of Poor a year ago on the “notion of reciprocity, of sharing with each other of what each other has,” Msgr. Geno Sylva says. Sylva is an English-language official of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelisation. He went on to explain the World day of Read more
Currently, of the 10,260 people locked up, about 1760 are aged under 25. Teenage prisoners make up just over three percent of the total muster – a headcount of about 340. Read more
The youngest victim of last weekend’s the mass shooting at a Texan church was unborn. The Texan state law requires shooting victim Crystal Holcombe’s unborn child be counted like the other victims. Texas was among the first states to enact a foeticide law in 2003.
A Flaxmere pastor has been sentenced to home detention for lying to Immigration New Zealand for reasons he said were “for the love of God”. Fa’aofo Foma’i and his church, Everlasting Gospel Church, appeared in the Hastings District Court for sentencing this morning after pleading guilty to four charges of providing false or misleading information Read more
Hundreds of Catholics and politicians gathered to discuss the problems and the future of Europe at the end of last month. They called the event “(Re)Thinking Europe.” Pope Francis was one of the many speakers. A theme emerged from what they had to say: Religion is still essential to Europe. Read more
There is only a matter of a few weeks left to get your tickets to see internationally acclaimed Canadian Christian singer and songwriter, Matt Maher perform at Auckland’s Victory Convention this December. Matt will be joined by support acts, New Zealand performers, Grace Worship and Monique Holden. Since launching his 2008 major label debut, Maher Read more