WelCom recently spoke with Deacon Rebecca Packer Tumu Whakarae | co-Chief Executive for the Sisters of Compassion Group – almost a year into her role – about her journey that brought her to the special place above the hills of Island Bay, built on the legacy of Meri Hōhepa Suzanne Aubert, and about her vision for the future of the Compassion Centre.
Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga is proposing to list the Chapel of Our Lady of Compassion and Resting Place of Suzanne Aubert, in Rhine St, Island Bay, Wellington, as a Category 1 historic place on the New Zealand Heritage List | Rārangi Kōrero.
Hundreds of people, who gathered on 12 January this summer at Totora Point in Northland to celebrate the anniversary of the first Mass celebrated on New Zealand soil, have been urged to be ‘bearers of hope and peace to one another’ during the Catholic Church’s Jubilee Year.
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand is taking part in the global Together We campaign, launched in January as part of the Vatican’s Turn Debt into Hope initiative for this Jubilee Year.
St Patrick’s Catholic Church was one of four Masterton churches damaged in suspicious fires in the early hours of Saturday morning, 22 February.
On 14 February, the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference (NZCBC) launched the renewed CathNews New Zealand project.
Messages of support and prayers for Pope Francis’ health have poured in, as he continues to be hospitalised at Rome’s Gemelli hospital.
Pope Francis slept well on his tenth night at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, where he is being treated for double pneumonia, according to the Holy See Press Office.
During his Angelus address, which Pope Francis asked the Holy See Press Office to release while he recovers in the hospital, the Holy Father remembers the imminent three-year anniversary of the War in Ukraine on 24 February 2025, calling it ‘a painful and shameful occasion for all humanity’, and saying he renews his solidarity with suffering Ukrainians and for all victims of armed conflicts as he prays for peace.
Pope Francis addresses a letter to the bishops of the United States, expressing his support for their efforts to protect the rights and dignity of migrants.