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Cardinal urges New Zealanders to reaffirm protection of religious beliefs

WelCom March 2020: At the Waitangi Treaty Grounds on Waitangi Day, 6 February this year, Cardinal John Dew urged New Zealanders on this day to recommit to protect the beliefs…

Parishes cautioned about Coronavirus

WelCom March 2020: Following the outbreak of the respiratory disease Coronavirus the New Zealand Bishops’ National Liturgy Office have notified parishes about precautions to take to ensure the safety of…

Landmark meeting leaves lasting legacy

WelCom March 2020: The Document on Human Fraternity, signed by Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of Al-Ashar when they met in Abu Dhabi, the capital of United Arab Emirates…

Pope’s ‘great dreams’ for the Amazon

WelCom March 2020: Pope Francis says he wishes his new apostolic exhortation will ‘awaken’ the world’s ‘affection and concern’ for the Amazon region – and help other areas of the…

Care for Creation – Make it real

WelCom March 2020: Catherine Gibbs WelCom begins a series of simple ideas showing ways to care for our common home. Pope Francis frequently uses the phrase ‘time is greater than space’…
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Cardinal urges New Zealanders to reaffirm protection of religious beliefs

WelCom March 2020: At the Waitangi Treaty Grounds on Waitangi Day, 6 February this year, Cardinal John Dew urged New Zealanders on this day to recommit to protect the beliefs…

Parishes cautioned about Coronavirus

WelCom March 2020: Following the outbreak of the respiratory disease Coronavirus the New Zealand Bishops’ National Liturgy Office have notified parishes about precautions to take to ensure the safety of…

Landmark meeting leaves lasting legacy

WelCom March 2020: The Document on Human Fraternity, signed by Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of Al-Ashar when they met in Abu Dhabi, the capital of United Arab Emirates…

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Still lighting fires at 90

WelCom March 2020: At ninety years of age, Josephite Sister Josepha O’Connor looks back on six years of teaching literacy at Whanganui men’s prison. The prison gates clanged behind me for…

Remembering the Women in Lent

WelCom March 2020: Elizabeth Julian rsm On 8 March we celebrate International Women’s Day; and on 25 March the Feast of the Annunciation. Both fall during Lent, traditionally a time for…

Catholic Thinking – Why study theology? Part 4

WelCom March 2020: Professor Thomas O’Loughlin, Professor of Historical Theology at the University of Nottingham, UK, and a priest of the Archdiocese of Arundel and Brighton on England south coast, continues…