Peter Fava has made one of the hardest decisions of his life. After 19 years at the helm of St Bernard’s College in Lower Hutt, he is retiring due to ill health. “My health has not been top notch and obviously this job has been very demanding. Either you give 200 percent or you don’t Read more
The first of four new Auckland Catholic schools is near completion. Monte Cecilia School principal Michele Mill said that after more than a century on its Hillsborough site, the school would move to a new site and new buildings next year. Auckland Council bought land from the Catholic Church for Monte Cecilia Park. The existing Read more
The 10-year-old boy from Sacred Heart School in Invercargill is still in critical condition in Dunedin Hospital and was recovering slowly, but well, his grandfather said. Read more “The boy was seriously injured by an electric fence stake while playing with a friend. Read more Acting Detective Senior Sergeant Stu Harvey said the family of the boy that Read more
A summit of Anglican primates will take place in Canterbury, England, in January to try to prevent a permanent split over homosexuality. The invitation to the primates from the Archbishop of Canterbury will bring together a number of church heads who have not spoken directly to each other for more than a decade. As one Read more
A new weekly train service for the public has been launched between the Vatican and the traditional papal summer residence at Castel Gandolfo. The public can now visit the Vatican Museums in Rome and the gardens and a new papal portrait gallery in the Apostolic Palace of Castel Gandolfo — thanks to the Saturday service Read more
Scottish Archbishop Leo Cushley had offered to have refugees in his home. “This is the greatest migration of people into Europe since the Second World War,” he said, referring to the influx of refugees from Syria. “We are now facing something unprecedented since that time,” he said. “As a visible example of our willingness to Read more
Playboy’s first Kiwi playmate has told conservative Christian group Family First to “chill out”. Gemma Lee Farrell is men’s magazine Zoo Weekly’s current covergirl. Zoo Weekly is a lad’s mag known for its racy content and titillating images of women. Farrell hails from Pirongia, a town of less than 1500 people just west of Te Read more
A Christchurch couple who own a $20 million-plus property will sell it and give away all the proceeds. Marilyn and Grant Nelson are selling their commercial site on the corner of Blenheim and Curletts roads, which they own through their charitable trust the Gama Foundation. The self-made and publicity-shy couple have already given millions of Read more
The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has banned six alleged visionaries from delivering testimonies in the parish of Medjugorje. The order, signed by the CDF prefect Cardinal Gerhard Müller, prohibited the visionaries from spreading messages. A prohibition was previously imposed on some of the visionaries from holding public meetings in Italian dioceses. The Read more