The German Bishops’ Conference says the Vatican has quietly dropped its lawsuit against a satirical German magazine over a cover that depicted Pope Benedict XVI with a yellow stain on his robe. A Hamburg court had granted an injunction barring the magazine, Titanic, from distributing the image that fronted its July edition, headlined “Hallelujah at Read more
Pope Benedict XVI delivered an address from the Vatican on Sunday in which he suggested that those who disagree with Catholic teachings or do not believe in Jesus Christ should leave the church rather than become betrayers like Judas. “Judas,” Pope Benedict said, “could have left, as many of the disciples did; indeed, he would Read more
The Vatican’s Pontifical Council for the Laity is positioning its website as a resource for lay men and women ahead of Pope Benedict’s Year of Faith, which will kick-off in October. “It is directed to all the lay faithful that want to know more about their vocation, about their role within the Church,” Ana Cristina Betancourt of Read more
University of Auckland researchers have concluded that many Indonesian crew on Korean chartered fishing vessels in New Zealand waters are victims of human trafficking for forced labour. That’s what Dr Christina Stringer, senior lecturer at the university’s Department of Management and International Business, told a meeting of Catholic Religious Against Human Trafficking at St Benedict’s church Read more
Some MPs who voted in favour of passing the same gender marriage Bill through its first reading last week are warning their support may end there. Gerry Brownlee is among the MPs ONE News spoke to who are not guaranteeing their support for the controversial Bill, despite helping it pass its first hurdle in Parliament. Read more
A Peruvian expert who has been studying the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico for 34 years, says 13 microscopic figures that appear in her eyes hold a powerful pro-life and pro-family message. Jose Aste Tonsmann said the tiny images in the eyes include an entire Aztec family and are a sign from Read more
You don’t have to be a believer to say amen to Wanganui Catholic priest David Bell’s opposition to community leaders’ plans to hound paroled sex offender Stewart Murray Wilson out of town. Mayor Annette Main’s call to shun him was not a message Christians could adopt, said Monsignor Bell, adding that those who are threatening Read more
Church ministers with a moral objection to same gender marriage would be criminalised by refusing to wed same-sex couples if a new bill becomes law, a legal opinion states. Ian Bassett’s opinion suggests church ministers, marriage celebrants and even wedding photographers who withheld their services to same-sex couples on the grounds of a moral objection Read more
A teacher at a Catholic college in Whangarei has been suspended and students allegedly threatened in a dispute with the principal over same gender marriage. The bitter stand-off was prompted by comments from Pompellier College principal Richard Stanton in the school newsletter in which he lays out his objections to gay marriage under the heading Read more