Late last year Mrs Rose Sawaya was appointed principal of Bishop Viard College in Porirua. She has now taken up her new position at the College at the beginning of this new school year. Mrs. Sawaya was previously the Principal of Sacred Heart Girls College in New Plymouth. Before that was Deputy Principal of Sacred Read more
The proposed Resource Management Act ( RMA ) changes must keep promotion of sustainable environmental management as the main purpose of the Resource Management Act, and not use affordable housing as camouflage for significant changes, says Caritas. The Catholic agency for justice, peace and development, Caritas points out that proposals recognising infrastructure and economic growth Read more
At Mass in Casa Santa Marta on Monday, Pope Francis reflected on the day’s Gospel reading, in which the chief priests asked Jesus by what authority He did His works. This was a demand that demonstrates the “hypocritical heart” of those people, Pope Francis said. They were people who were not interested in the truth, Read more
China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang expressed his appreciation for Pope Francis’ decision not to meet with the Dalai Lama. Qin said Monday that China had “noticed” the Holy See’s attitude. China is always sincere about improving relations with Vatican, Qin said. “China will continue to hold constructive dialogue with the Holy See,” Qin said, Read more
Pope Francis got a cake, cards and a tango demonstration for his 78th birthday Wednesday — and 800 kilograms (1,760 pounds) of chicken meat for the poor. Argentinian Pope Francis was born in the birthplace of the tango on 17 December 1936. The Vatican said Wednesday the meat, provided by a Spanish producer, would be Read more
The annual South West Baptist Church Christmas Grotto has once again drawn big crowds of wide-eyed children and festive parents. The grotto, a walk through a series of Christmas-themed rooms, started 14 years ago and gets bigger every year. This year there are some new windows for children to peep through at the Spreydon Christmas Read more
The Auckland City Mission has raised only a third of the donations it needs for Christmas and the summer months. Auckland City Missioner Diane Robertson said the mission was desperately short of the donations it needed to provide emergency food parcels and presents to families in need. The mission projected it needed to raise $1.3 Read more
A High Court judge has rejected the bid by former Catholic brother Bernard Kevin McGrath to overturn the Minister of Justice’s decision to grant his extradition to Australia to face sex charges. Justice Cameron Mander’s decision was issued at the Christchurch High Court today, two weeks after he spent half a day hearing submissions on Read more
Jeb (John Ellis) Bush plans to actively explore the possibility of running for President of the United States of America. He announced his interest on Facebook. Bush is the former two-term Florida Governor is son of President George H Bush and brother of George W Bush. In January, Jeb Bush plans to establish a leadership PAC to Read more
Despite a postponed vote last month, a German prelate has said he is confident the country’s bishops will change Church rules to allow employment of remarried divorcees and men and women living in same-sex relationships, despite growing opposition to the move. Archbishop Stephan Burger of Freiburg im Breisgau said the German bishops’ conference “will revise” Read more