WelCom September 2020
A new Pew Research poll shows white and Hispanic Catholics split over who they will vote for in the 2020 US presidential elections.
According to a survey of 11,001 American adults conducted in July and August, Pew found registered voters who identify as white Catholics planned to support President Donald Trump by a margin of 19 points; 59 per cent to 40 per cent. The margin of error for the survey of white Catholics was listed as +/- 4 percentage points. Conversely, among registered voters who identified as Hispanic Catholics, only 33 per cent said they were supporting Trump. Sixty-five per cent of Hispanic Catholics surveyed said they supported Biden. The margin of error for the survey of Hispanic Catholics was listed as +/- 6.4 points. There was no breakdown provided for Catholics of all ethnicities as a single group in the 2020 survey.
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception 8 December
‘As has been the custom for many years an archdiocesan Mass will be celebrated on our diocesan feast day, 7pm, Thursday 8 December, at St Teresa’s Pro-Cathedral, Karori. The archdiocese will again be entrusted to the care of Mary under the title of the Immaculate Conception at this Mass. Parishes are asked to renew that Consecration on the following Sunday, 11 December, at All parish Masses.’ – Cardinal John Dew
Dates and events – what’s on
December 2022
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Pope Francis registers for the next World Youth Day in Lisbon
At the conclusion of the Sunday Angelus, Pope Francis registered for the next World Youth Day to be held in Lisbon, Portugal, in August 2023. Assisted and accompanied by Portuguese university students studying in Rome, the Pope tapped his way to becoming the first officially registered pilgrim for World Youth Day.