Students are losing faith in religious higher education, so the evidence suggests. Earlier this year a prime specialist theology and philosophy institution in the UK, Heythrop College, closed its doors after 400 years of teaching. Founded in 1614 by the Society of Jesus, and part of the University of London since 1970, Heythrop had a mission Read more
Easter trading hours have become very confusing. It has always depended on what kind of a service is being offered. Now it has become more complicated because, in 2016, the then-National government passed the responsibility of Easter trading hours to councils. To date, 39 of the 67 councils have created bylaws allowing about 9500 retailers Read more
Alister Castillo, 26, is about to become ordained as a Deacon, a minister of the Catholic church. For the last six and a half years Castillo lived at the Holy Cross College in Auckland, the national Roman Catholic seminary for the training of priests. On September 23 he will commit to a life of religious service. “I have had the Read more
I used to get annoyed when people would complain about the secularisation of society. I never understood why this was a problem. I used to attribute their lamentations to either a desire for a homogenous society or a desire for political power. My church offers a CD of the week from Lighthouse Catholic Media. Each Read more
An American monsignor has proposed that the Catholic Church should drop using the word marriage and replace it with “holy matrimony”. “It is a simple fact that word ‘marriage’ as we have traditionally known it is being redefined in our times,” said Monsignor Charles Pope of Washington archdiocese. “To many in the secular world the Read more