It should go without saying (but often doesn’t): the fact that 2030 New Zealand will be much more ethnically diverse is by no means a bad thing. But it’s also necessary. As the baby boomers age, our population will become disproportionately elderly, with a dependency ratio of about 2.6 people aged between 15 and 64 Read more
Gavin Abraham writes of the ordination of a Vietnamese priest as an auxiliary bishop in Melbourne, Australia: “It was an historic occasion because it marked the first episcopal ordination of an Asian-born priest in Australia in the Latin rite. I asked the question then, “When will it happen here?”, pointing to the growing influence of Read more