The annual Al Smith Dinner – a charitable event – has been messed up this year by Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump. For the past 70 years the Al Smith Dinner has raised money for children in honor of the honorable Catholic politician Al Smith. Smith was elected the Governor of New York four times Read more
Two women from high-profile fractured relationships say they have found solace with Destiny Church. The daughter of league legend Tawera Nikau has told how the church helped turn her life around and left her keen to repair her relationship with her father. And war hero Willie Apiata’s estranged wife, Sade Waikato, has posted a video Read more
A vote anti-abortion banner flew over Game 1 of World Baseball Series in Cleveland, Ohio on Tuesday. Tens of thousands of baseball fans were in the stands to watch the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians match. They also saw the face of a person killed by today’s greatest human rights atrocity: abortion. Created Equal’s new Read more
Singing the sermon is one way of making sure people remember the point. Take last Sunday’s 9am Mass for Wellington’s St Mary of the Angels’ parish for example. The celebrant, Father Joe Savesi, is well known for including jokes in his sermons. They catch people’s attention and underline his main points. To recap -the sermon Read more
Evangelisation on TV must be subtle and creative, says actress Jeannie Gaffigan. Gaffigan, writes and produces the American comedy,”The Jim Gaffigan Show”. She said her Catholic faith and Jesuit education inform and inspire the scripts she co-writes for her husband’s comedy specials and his series on the TV Land cable network. She is married to Read more
A Syrian priest who was kidnapped by ISIS and escaped five months later says we should boycott Saudi Arabia. The priest, Father Jacques Mourad, had been the prior of a pilgrimage centre. It was destroyed when ISIS captured the nearby city of Al Quaryatayn last August. The city was liberated in April this year. In Read more
Students have returned to St Patrick’s College, Kilbirnie, after the discovery of asbestos last week. “The worry is that asbestos will still come out of the roof,” Rector, Mr Neil Swindells said. “We’ve had the Ministry of Education, the medical officer of health and WorkSafe involved, everything we’ve done has been first rate, but we Read more
Human trafficking is something we can all help stop. Every person can make a difference in the fight against it. This message inspired more than 70 attendees at the second Is She Safe? gathering hosted earlier this month by the Catholic Mission Perth Office in Western Australia. The Catholic Mission said human trafficking is the Read more
Two elderly Wellington women with suicide drugs have been pounced on by police, who are conducting a national operation thought to be targeting a euthanasia group. Police have confirmed a Lower Hutt woman was arrested and faces two charges of importing a class C drug as part of an “ongoing investigation”. It is understood a second elderly woman was Read more
Ageing brings intense prayer and awareness of judgement, says 89 year-old Emeritus Pope Benedict. He says retirement has given him the gift of silence to enter more deeply into prayer, especially with the Psalms and the writings of early Church theologians. He also says the approach of death makes his failings and God’s judgment a Read more