Italian photographer Piero Pazzi has released his annual Calendario Romano (Roman Calendar) for 2014, which is better known as the “hot priest calendar.” And when people call it “hot priest calendar,” they mean hot priests in calendar. The calendar boys included in the photographer’s line-up are strapping young men who are real priests. Mr Pazzi Read more
Christianity has shed hundreds of thousand of devotees in the past seven years, while the number of non-religious has risen strongly. Victoria University professor Paul Morris, who specialises in religious studies, said the country was in “new territory”, with Christianity losing its central position in society. “For the first time since 1901, Christians are not Read more
A Memorial Mass to celebrate the life and legacy of Nelson Mandela will take place at St Patrick’s Cathedral next Monday at 16 December at 7:30. On his Facebook page, the Bishop of Auckland, Patrick Dunn, writes: “The news of his death a day or so earlier filled the world’s headlines. His quest for justice and equality, his Read more
One month on from Typhoon Haiyan, more than 10 million Filipinos are working hard to rebuild their lives. ‘With a million homes damaged or destroyed and the livelihoods of 5 million people impacted, the scale of need is immense’, says Caritas director Julianne Hickey. ‘However, we’re enormously grateful for the generosity of New Zealanders to Read more
Richard Lewis yesterday thanked his new congregation and family before delivering his first sermon since splitting from the controversial Destiny Church, where he spent 13 years as Bishop Brian Tamaki’s right-hand man. Mr Lewis addressed around 80 people at the Dream Centre in Manukau. He told them he was there because he was “compelled to Read more
Auckland businessman Darius Karani is setting up an Asian fusion restaurant in Bishop Dunn Place, Botany. He has run successful firms in the food industry before but said the new outlet presented a challenge. “Nobody’s ever been able to be successful at business over there,” Karani said. “They’ve always had a problem.” Karani said a Read more
An inquiry into how the Catholic Church in Australia dealt with victims of child sex abuse has heard how a flawed process re-traumatised some victims. Twelve years after being silenced by the Catholic Church, Joan Isaacs can now tell the world about the sexual and emotional abuse inflicted upon her as a schoolgirl. Ms Isaacs Read more
More than 10,000 young people have signed a giant birthday card for Pope Francis, offering their prayers and well-wishes for the Holy Father’s 77th birthday on Dec. 17. “We wanted to give the Pope a gift he would truly appreciate; something he would be proud of,” said Mark Nelson, founder of Catholic to the Max, Read more
Eighteen years after Samundar Singh brutally stabbed a Catholic nun in Madhya Pradesh and flung her on the roadside to bleed to death, the former convict and reformed killer, has been invited to meet Pope Francis at the Vatican. The nun, Sister Rani Maria, was stabbed 54 times inside a packed Indore-bound bus passing through Read more
On Dec. 10th, 2013, Pope Francis is inviting the world to join him in a global wave of prayer to end world hunger. The global wave of prayer will begin at noon in Tonga, progressing around the world until reaching American Samoa 24 hours and 164 countries later. Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga, president of Vatican-based Read more