Author: Rose Miller

An art exhibition in support of the children of Ukraine was held at Our Lady’s Home of Compassion in Island Bay in October.

Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand appeals for peace and calls for international humanitarian law to be respected after recent deadly missile attacks and airstrikes in Ukraine.

During September, recently ordained bishops from around the world met in Rome to take part in the ‘Formation Course for New Bishops’. The tradition started in 2000 by St Pope John Paul II. Wellington Coadjutor Archbishop Paul Martin sm attended and and reports on his experience.

Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand is calling for more effective and transparent climate-finance channels to deliver funds and results directly to the local level in the Pacific to prioritise the poorest and most vulnerable, and not add to debt burdens.

Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand welcomes the New Zealand Government’s call in October for a conditional moratorium on deep sea mining in international waters, until strong environmental rules can be agreed and backed up by robust science.

Bethlehem University Vice-Chancellor – Taranaki’s own Br Peter Bray fsc – will give a series of public talks about Palestine during his visit to Aotearoa New Zealand early next year. 

The New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services (NZCCSS) joins many others welcoming the passing of the Fair Pay Agreement Bill. 

Catholic witnesses were heard on Monday 17 October at the ‘responses of faith institutions to abuse and neglect in their care’ hearing of the Royal Commission on Abuse in Care.