photos - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Wed, 29 Jun 2016 20:05:37 +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 photos - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Pictures of dying young nun go viral on social media https://cathnews.co.nz/2016/07/01/pictures-dying-young-nun-go-viral-social-media/ Thu, 30 Jun 2016 17:05:17 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=84203 Pictures of a dying Argentinian nun, smiling and serene though battling with cancer, have gone viral on social media. Thousands have shared the images and heartfelt prayers. Carmelite Sr Cecilia Maria died on June 23, aged 42. From her bed she never stopped praying and offering up her sufferings with the certainty that her encounter Read more

Pictures of dying young nun go viral on social media... Read more]]> Pictures of a dying Argentinian nun, smiling and serene though battling with cancer, have gone viral on social media.

Thousands have shared the images and heartfelt prayers.

Carmelite Sr Cecilia Maria died on June 23, aged 42.

From her bed she never stopped praying and offering up her sufferings with the certainty that her encounter with God was near.

Continue reading

Pictures of dying young nun go viral on social media]]> 84203 Year of the Horse https://cathnews.co.nz/2014/02/04/year-horse/ Mon, 03 Feb 2014 18:30:20 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=53854

January 1 has come and gone and 2014 is already well on its way. However, in China, Taiwan, Singapore and many countries and communities around the world, the new year is just beginning. Observed on January 31 this year, the Chinese New Year rings in the Year of the Wood Horse, but it's marked this time Read more

Year of the Horse... Read more]]> January 1 has come and gone and 2014 is already well on its way. However, in China, Taiwan, Singapore and many countries and communities around the world, the new year is just beginning.

Observed on January 31 this year, the Chinese New Year rings in the Year of the Wood Horse, but it's marked this time by considerable fire, according to feng shui experts. This could bring startling changes for the world, they say.

Fortune-tellers have also predicted this Year of the Horse could see increasing violence, turmoil and natural disasters — as if the previous Year of the Snake didn't cause enough trouble for the world. Continue reading.

Source: HuffPost Religion

Image: Performers display a dragon dance during a Chinese New Year parade in Hong Kong on January 31, 2014. Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty Images

Year of the Horse]]> 53854 Vatican kills gay photo Church exhibit with threatening letter https://cathnews.co.nz/2013/10/01/vatican-kills-gay-photo-church-exhibit-threatening-letter/ Mon, 30 Sep 2013 18:30:34 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=50281 Despite Pope Francis' earlier remarks about opening up the Church, the Vatican has firmly shut the door on artist Gonzalo Orquin's latest exhibit, "Trialogo," scheduled to open at the Galleria L'Opera on Wednesday evening. The exhibit consists of photographs of same-sex couples kissing in churches mainly located in Rome, but the pictures have been covered Read more

Vatican kills gay photo Church exhibit with threatening letter... Read more]]> Despite Pope Francis' earlier remarks about opening up the Church, the Vatican has firmly shut the door on artist Gonzalo Orquin's latest exhibit, "Trialogo," scheduled to open at the Galleria L'Opera on Wednesday evening.

The exhibit consists of photographs of same-sex couples kissing in churches mainly located in Rome, but the pictures have been covered up after the Vatican sent the gallery a notice threatening legal action and saying that "the church is against the exhibition." Continue reading

Vatican kills gay photo Church exhibit with threatening letter]]> 50281