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Is it ok to baptise your child just to get into a Catholic school?
3+ hour, 2+ min ago (1000+ words) Two philosophy professors, including a former Catholic priest, weigh up the ethics of a convenient baptism for school application. It's not exactly a new story - non-Catholic parents baptising their kids to get them into a Catholic school. Catholic schools in…...
Can we consider "play" to be a religion? Bluey certainly thinks so
3+ week, 2+ day ago (1044+ words) Bluey teaches us valuable life lessons, but what does it say about how we practise real-life religions, the positive and the detrimental? Most of us are used to thinking of "religion" in terms of a belief in God or gods....
Pope says world leaders 'will have to answer to God' over war
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (469+ words) By Joshua Mc Elwee, Reuters Pope Leo led a candle-lit service with thousands of Catholics inside Rome's famed Colosseum on Friday evening (local time) that featured prayers for war orphans and deported immigrant children, and a warning to world leaders…...
A 'quiet' Catholic revival? Christchurch says 'yes"
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (893+ words) After years of declining church membership, something strange is happening in Christchurch: young men are returning to the Catholic Church. You might be wondering why someone with the name Helaman Hatcher is in a story about Catholicism. Helaman is a…...
Pope denounces widening gap between the rich and poor on Monaco visit
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (874+ words) By Clement Melki and Fanny Carrier, AFP Pope Leo XIV has denounced the widening gap between the haves and have-nots as he visits Monaco, a millionaires' playground that was the surprise pick for the first western European trip of his…...
Pope Leo decries conditions for Palestinians in Gaza in first Christmas sermon
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (680+ words) By Joshua Mc Elwee, Reuters Pope Leo decried conditions for Palestinians in Gaza in his Christmas sermon, in an unusually direct appeal during what is normally a solemn, spiritual service on the day Christians across the globe celebrate the birth…...
Denying help to the poor is rejection of God, Pope Leo says on Christmas Eve
5+ mon, 6+ hour ago (458+ words) By Joshua Mc Elwee, for Reuters Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the…...
Auckland's Samoan Catholic community celebrates three decades of faith and culture
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (635+ words) Auckland's Samoan Catholic community celebrated the 30th anniversary of Malaeola, a centre that has hosted their monthly mass services and other gatherings for over three decades. Malaeola was officially opened on 12 August 1995. Samoan cultural expert Leulua'iali'i Satuala Tofaeono Tanuvasa said the…...
'By God's love': First-ever complete Tokelauan Bible launched
6+ mon, 4+ week ago (584+ words) Tokelau is celebrating the launch of the first-ever comeplete Bible translation in Gagana Tokelau. "I'm happy to announce that the work [Tokelau Bible translation] is done, thank you for allowing us to do this," Reverend Tui Sopoaga said, as translated…...
King Charles becomes first British monarch to pray with pope in five centuries in service at Sistine Chapel
7+ mon, 1+ day ago (842+ words) By Elissa Steedman and Patrick Martin in London King Charles and Pope Leo XIV have become the first British monarch and pontiff to pray together at a church service in at least five centuries. The historic moment in the Sistine…...