Nearly one hundred prominent Catholics have expressed concerns about a proposed Polish law that would make abortion illegal under almost all circumstances. A letter was sent to Poland’s bishops expressing concerns about their advocacy in favour of the law. The signatories from Europe and the United States included theologians, historians and lay people. Continue reading
Cannabis was the only ‘medicine’ that helped his wife’s pain, and relieved the uncontrollable and agonising muscle spasms that MS sufferers endure said visiting Irish assisted dying campaigner Tom Curran. He was speaking to 80 people in Nelson’s Fairfield House at a meeting organised by Nelson Options, the local chapter of voluntary euthanasia group Exit Read more
Professor Doug Sellman is wrong to believe “the days of cannabis prohibition in New Zealand appear to be coming to an end.” New Zealanders need to be aware of a smokescreen around this issue according to Bob McCoskrie. Politicians need to reject knee-jerk law changes and understand the real agenda behind liberalising drug laws and Read more
A nurse has described a bizarre community exorcism in Auckland where a travelling pastor allegedly punched her in the face to cleanse her of demons. Ketina Chivasa, who works at Auckland City Hospital, said the close-fisted punch was so hard she became dizzy, her face swelled up and she suffered a two-day headache. “It was Read more
US presidential contender Bernie Sanders briefly met Pope Francis at the Vatican on Saturday. The five-minute meeting took place in the foyer at the Pope’s residence at the Vatican. Pope Francis later referred to the meeting as “a matter of politeness”. The Pope added “ . . . and if anybody thinks that greeting somebody Read more
The rate of people attending Confession in England and Wales has increased “dramatically” during the Year of Mercy, Cardinal Vincent Nichols has said. Speaking during a press conference last week, the cardinal said: “Diocese by diocese, parish by parish”, the rate of people going to Confession had “increased dramatically during the past six months”. Continue Read more
Pope Francis has said thanks should be given for Benedict XVI on the Pope emeritus’s 89th birthday “Today is Benedict XVI’s birthday,” Francis tweeted on April 16. “Let us remember him in our prayers and thank God for giving him to the Church and the world.” Continue reading
Shortland Street‘s decision to tackle the controversial storyline of assisted dying has been met with praise and a lot of tears. Monday night’s episode the TV programme showed nurse Kylie Brown’s mother Norelle (Luanne Gordon) making the decision to end her own life following a battle with breast cancer. Fans have taken to social media to give praise Read more
Ministeroni’ Karen Martyn, who became the world’s first legal marriage celebrant for the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM) earlier this year, was the marriage celebrant when Toby Ricketts and Marianna Young got married last Saturday. During the first-of-its-kind ceremony, the bride and groom discussed their marriage’s terms and conditions in a comical list of demands and promises. “If Read more
A severe food shortage in Papua New Guinea has prompted parents in some isolated communities to sell their young daughters for food. Research by the Protestant United Church in the poverty-stricken Commonwealth nation found fathers in the remote highlands were giving away their daughters, who will be returned after the drought, for bags of rice. Read more