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Pope Francis, seated centre, is pictured with all the Synod participants at the conclusion of the work of the General Assembly. In his final address at the Synod Assembly on Saturday evening, 26 October, Pope Francis presented the Synod’s Final Document as a ‘threefold gift’.
Taking part in the Synod on Synodality is much like participating in a hui says Manuel Beazley, who was in Rome last month as a New Zealand member of the Synod.
“…May the Jubilee be a moment of genuine, personal encounter with the Lord Jesus…” – Pope Francis, Spes non Confundit
Dame Georgina Kingi, DNZM, principal of St Joseph Māori Girls’ College in Taradale since 1987, is retiring after 60 years at the college.
Brian McGuiness has been honoured for ‘exceptional leadership’ by the Wellington Chamber of Commerce.
The Government has confirmed further details about the national apology to survivors of abuse in care. On 12 November Parliament will apologise on behalf of the nation for the failures of the State across many governments.
Pope Francis has strongly criticised what he called the ‘shameful inability’ of the international community to end the war in the Middle East, one year after Hamas’ devastating attack on Israel, 7 October 2023.
After three years of discussion, debate and, at times, division, the concluding act of Pope Francis’ Synod of Bishops on Synodality took place in October (2–27). A total of 368 participants gathered for the second and final Roman assembly in order to continue the work of the Synod on Synodality around the theme ‘For a […]
Forty years after the murder of Blessed Jerzy Popieluszko, Polish Catholics are urging people everywhere to revisit and learn from his heroic testimony.
Pope Francis announced after his Sunday Angelus, 6 October, that he would hold a Consistory for the creation of new Cardinals, on 7 December 2024, in the Vatican.