In India Christian priests and nuns working in legal the profession have created a forum to help them bring justice to the poor and downtrodden. Read more
In India Christian priests and nuns working in legal the profession have created a forum to help them bring justice to the poor and downtrodden. Read more
I was surprised that you printed the column written by Martin Hanson in Saturday’s paper under the heading of “Assisted Dying: the right to choose”. The article could more correctly have been headed “Why Catholics have no right to speak up on ethical matters” because that is what Mr Hanson was writing about. Read Msgr Frank Read more
A Vatican official says sexist attitudes must change and women should be recognised as having equal worth as men and be allowed to fully exercise their human rights. This is an increasingly urgent issue because of the “resurgence of divisions in today’s world,” Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic told the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva.
People as far as the United States, New Zealand and Ireland were among the 1400 registered participants for the September 21-24 event, which had the theme of “Come” Laura Otto, from Rockhampton, gave the opening-night keynote address, affirming a welcome to all and assuring young people they were “totally worth it”. Continue reading
Deep-web code breakers have decoded a 300 year-old letter by a nun. Her message describes God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit as “dead weights,” the researchers said. Historical records say the nun, who claimed to be possessed by Satan, was found with the letter on the floor of her cell. Her face was covered in Read more
NZ Catholic won five awards at the Australasian Catholic Press Association (ACPA) awards and the separate Australasian Religious Press Association (ARPA) awards held in Auckland last month. An article by Rowena Orejana featuring the Vatican astronomer’s views on Jesus, Aliens and Faith won a gold award for Best Theological Article from ARPA. Continue reading
Mexico’s earthquake last week turned a day of joy into disaster for a family gathered at the Santiago the Apostle Catholic Church. Eleven members of the family gathering for a baptism died when the earthquake caused the ceiling to fall in. The infant was among the dead. The only survivors were the baby’s father, the Read more
There’s no shortage of controversy regarding so-called ritual slaughter, ie, the Kosher and Halal requirements that animals be alive when their throats are cut. Such religious practices have traditionally been exempt from the oversight of civil government Animal welfare activists have embraced the thinly disguised anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim sentiments rising across Western Europe as a Read more
Twenty-seven million child refugees have left school early in 24 countries involved in conflicts. A UNICEF report says migrant children and young people, with low levels of education, “run an ever greater risk of exploitation.” Of the minors who move on the route that connects the Mediterranean with Central Europe, the report found 90% of Read more
Kiwi Muslim designer Farheen Hajira said her new line of modest fashion, inspired by religion, would have global appeal. “Fashion is not about skin showing, it’s about style. I want to show the world even covered women can have trendy clothes.” Watch Video