WelCom is the monthly newspaper of the Archdiocese of Wellington. Print copies of the eight-page newsletter are free and available in parishes, and sent to parishes and schools in PDF form. The archive contains WelCom stories published from 2007 to 2026 (May).
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.
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.
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.
On the Christian calendar, November 1 is All Saints’ Day, commemorating all the saints of the Church, known and unknown. The following day, November 2, is All Souls’ Day and is a day of remembrance for our beloved dead and all the faithful departed.
The Archbishop of Canterbury has visited Lismore, New South Wales, which is still recovering from record flooding.
European bishops have voiced solidarity with those impacted by the ongoing war in Ukraine and appealed to Russia to stop the violence.
Pope Francis’ trip to Bahrain this month blends three of his top priorities as Pope: ministering to a tiny Catholic community; promoting dialogue with the Muslim world; and fostering relations with other Christian communities.
About 50 million people globally are living in modern slavery, including a growing number of women who are in forced marriages, new Australian-led research shows. A study, spearheaded by philanthropic foundation Walk Free, found widespread socioeconomic instability linked to climate change and the Covid-19 pandemic had contributed to increasing poverty and forced migration. An estimated […]
Catholic Social Services Australia (CSSA) has called on the Australian Government to increase JobSeeker and other payments before planned tax cuts, estimated to cost $243 billion, take effect in 2024. CSSA executive Monique Earsman made the call following the release of Anglicare Australia’s research paper, A Clear Choice: Ending poverty for the cost of stage […]
Covid-19 has dealt the ‘biggest setback’ to global poverty reduction efforts in decades, and the World Bank has warned the goal to eradicate extreme poverty by 2030 likely remains out of reach. The bank’s Poverty and Shared Prosperity report estimates about 70 million people were pushed into extreme poverty in 2020 – the biggest one-year […]