Incense - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Tue, 09 Jul 2019 10:59:44 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Incense - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Benediction without Frankincense? https://cathnews.co.nz/2019/07/11/frankincense-trees-dieing/ Thu, 11 Jul 2019 08:20:50 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=119216 Frankincense may not be around much longer. The population of trees that produce it are on the brink of collapse. "The first time I said something about frankincense being under threat, there was panic," said Frans Bongers, an ecologist at Wageningen University and Research in the Netherlands who led the study. "I got a lot Read more

Benediction without Frankincense?... Read more]]> Frankincense may not be around much longer. The population of trees that produce it are on the brink of collapse.

"The first time I said something about frankincense being under threat, there was panic," said Frans Bongers, an ecologist at Wageningen University and Research in the Netherlands who led the study. "I got a lot of people asking me about it," including Catholic clergy and top suppliers. Read more

Benediction without Frankincense?]]> 119216 Forget about cigarettes incense smoke is worse https://cathnews.co.nz/2016/04/15/incense-smoke-a-health-hazard/ Thu, 14 Apr 2016 17:20:28 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=81783 People who would go miles out of their way to avoid breathing in the smoke from a single cigarette often have no problem hanging out for hours at a temple or church where the air is filled with billowing plumes of hazardous incense smoke. Researcher have found cigarette smoke and incense smooke are comparable with Read more

Forget about cigarettes incense smoke is worse... Read more]]> People who would go miles out of their way to avoid breathing in the smoke from a single cigarette often have no problem hanging out for hours at a temple or church where the air is filled with billowing plumes of hazardous incense smoke.

Researcher have found cigarette smoke and incense smooke are comparable with respect to particulate matter, carbon monoxide, and polycyclic hydrocarbons. Read more

 

 

 

Forget about cigarettes incense smoke is worse]]> 81783 Fears new UK bill could ban use of incense in church https://cathnews.co.nz/2015/09/25/fears-new-uk-bill-could-ban-use-of-incense-in-church/ Thu, 24 Sep 2015 19:07:47 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=77056 Church authorities fear that a new Psychoactive Substances Bill in Britain could lead to the banning of the use of incense in church worship. The bill as it currently stands is worded so broadly that the use of incense in worship would be an unwitting casualty of the new legislation. The Churches' Legislation Advisory Service, Read more

Fears new UK bill could ban use of incense in church... Read more]]> Church authorities fear that a new Psychoactive Substances Bill in Britain could lead to the banning of the use of incense in church worship.

The bill as it currently stands is worded so broadly that the use of incense in worship would be an unwitting casualty of the new legislation.

The Churches' Legislation Advisory Service, whose members include the Catholic Church, the Church of England and other churches, stated they did not believe this was the UK government's intention.

The Association of English Cathedrals said: "Incense is used to enhance the worship experience, and no longer being able to use it would have an adverse impact on the conduct of worship."

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