Pope Francis is to visit the east-Asian nation of Mongolia from 31 August to 4 September 2023. In the most recent consistory for the creation of new cardinals, in August 2022, Pope Francis made Cardinal Giorgio Marengo, the Apostolic Prefect of Mongolia’s capital of Ulaanbaatar, the first-ever Cardinal of the country. There are fewer than 1,500 Catholics in all of Mongolia. Pope Francis will be the first Pope to ever visit the East Asian country.
Two days after a naked man stood on the high altar of St Peter’s Basilica, the basilica’s archpriest on 3 June held a penitential rite as required by Canon Law in cases where sacred places are desecrated.
Australian firm Catholic Church Insurance (CCI) has announced that it will begin winding down its operations after failing to secure additional financial support.
E rere ngā wai pūaroha ki a koutou, otirā tātou. Let the Waters of Compassion greet you.
At the six yearly gathering of the Daughters of Our Lady of Compassion – also known as the Sisters of Compassion – the historic decision was made to re-elect their current leadership team: Sr Margaret Anne Mills, Sr Sue Cosgrove, Sr ‘Alisi Tu’ipulotu, Sr Lusiana Raratini.
After years of planning and building, Napier’s new Pastoral Administration and Mission Centre was officially blessing and opened on Sunday 28 May.
As well as being the birthday of the Church, Pentecost – this year Sunday 28 May – is also the Feast Day of Palmerston North Diocese. Bishop Peter Cullinane and Kate Bell discuss dedicating the diocese to the Holy Spirit, in a video online.
Tuesday 20 June 2023 marked 175 years since the Diocese of Wellington was formally established in 1848, when Pope Pius IX divided New Zealand into two dioceses – Auckland and Port Nicholson (Wellington). Because all Bishop Pompallier’s priests were to move south, it took time to recruit replacements and bring them across the world. It […]
Fr David Orange is well known around Lower Hutt as a landscape artist. He has had many exhibitions over nearly 60 years in the priesthood but his work pictured here is what is known as Scrafito.
The call went out and the response was fantastic with many past parishioners travelling to Shannon to celebrate, on 23 April 2023, the 60th anniversary of the blessing and opening of Shannon’s St Joseph’s Catholic Church.
The parish of Our Lady of Hope, Tawa Titahi Bay administers a trust established by the late Fr Fergus Reeves. It supports training, development and education for aspiring priests and religious in the Wellington Archdiocese.