A Samoan woman who acknowledged she killed her new born son at a Washington convent where she was studying to become a nun was sentenced to four years in prison. Sosefina Amoa, 26, has said she didn’t know she was pregnant before she gave birth to a baby boy in her room at the Little Read more
Nine young men have taken part in vocation discernment weekends at Marist Seminary this year. The semianry is located in Auckland New Zealand. The opportunity to see Marist life up close proved more popular than expected, says Seminary rector, Fr Peter McAfee. The team, Frs Matt Crawford and Peter McAfee and seminarians, Phil Bennenbroek, Brendan Jenke Read more
English newspaper The Times will no longer have a specialist religion correspondent, after the departure of Ruth Gledhill who held the post for 25 years. Writing in The Tablet, former religious affairs correspondent for The Times Clifford Longley lamented the move. “In the case of newspapers, they will continue to report on religion, though less Read more
The historic Home of Compassion Creche on Buckle St took its first few tentative steps towards its new home yesterday as construction workers began slowly pulling the 100-year-old building off its foundations on Buckle St using hydraulic rams. The process, which will be carried out over the next couple of days, is the first in Read more
Deeply personal letters from former United States first lady Jackie Kennedy to a priest have been withdrawn from sale. All Hallows College in Ireland announced that the letters would not be put up for auction as first planned. The Tablet reports this decision came after members of Mrs Kennedy’s family intervened. Mrs Kennedy corresponded with Read more
A YouTube channel on Marian Shrines of the World recently featured an episode on Our Lady of Pukekaraka and the statue of Our Lady at Paraparaumu. Although the Australian narrator , understandably struggles a little with Maori pronunciation the video provides a concise and accurate account of the history and significance of the shrine of Read more
A German court has ruled that Jesus Christ does not hold the copyright to a book by a dead American psychologist. Helen Schucman, who died in 1981, had claimed that Jesus dictated the contents of her book “A Course in Miracles” during “waking dreams”. A German Christian academy published extracts from the book last year, Read more
A mosque in Auckland has been shut down indefinitely following violent attacks and the declaration of jihad, or holy war, against private security staff hired to guard the premises. The mosque has been closed because of violence and tension between two groups that can’t agree over who should be in charge. It was closed after Read more
An increasing percentage of Americans are willing to consider voting for an atheist as president of the United States. According to a new Pew Research study, 41 per cent of those surveyed said a candidate’s lack of belief didn’t matter to their vote. This was up from a figure of 32 per cent seven years Read more