The High Court has approved an application by an Anglican Church entity to forgive a $14.8 million debt owed by the trust which supports Te Aute College and Hukarere Girls’ College in Hawke’s Bay. The application was made by the St John’s College Trust Board, a charity which provides for scholarships and approved educational programmes Read more
The head of the German Bishops’ Conference on Monday pressed for a quick decision from Pope Francis on the future of a prominent archbishop who faces strong criticism for his handling of the church’s sexual abuse scandal. Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki, the archbishop of Cologne, said that he had offered his resignation to the pontiff Read more
A Catholic church in Kayah state has sustained significant damage in an airstrike by Myanmar’s military. The ceiling and windows of the Our Lady of Fatima Church in Saun Du La village in Demoso township were severely damaged, said church sources. Myanmar’s military junta has continued targeting churches and civilians in Christian strongholds like Kayah Read more
After repeated recent statements by US President Joe Biden that he does not believe human life begins at the moment of conception, or characterising such a belief as a matter of faith, scientists and doctors have pointed out that this belief can be arrived at through natural reason – science – alone. What has Biden Read more
Marlborough Mayor John Leggett opened Blenheim’s new Repair Café on Saturday morning. Organised by the Nativity Church, the new initiative was based at the Crossroads Marlborough Café on Redwood Street and offered free repairs for the community’s broken bits and bobs, from hair dryers and sewing machines, to bikes and bain-maries. Members of the Church’s Read more
The United Methodist Church has delayed its General Conference meeting for a third time due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. In response, some conservative United Methodists have announced they will preemptively leave the denomination rather than wait for the long-anticipated meeting. Delegates to the General Conference were expected to take up a proposal to split Read more
Three Kiwi children have already died from alleged child abuse this year – that’s three deaths in just nine weeks. They coincide with the jailing of a Rotorua woman, Leza Rawiri, who watched a young boy being beaten to death by his father two years ago. A children’s charity that trains people to identify and Read more
North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile on Saturday, Seoul’s military said, continuing this year’s record-breaking blitz of weapons tests. The launch came just days before South Korea’s presidential election. From hypersonic to medium-range ballistic missiles, Pyongyang test-fired a string of weaponry in January. Then last week launched what it claimed was a component of Read more
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the country’s energy department to revive a nuclear power plant built by the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos Sr. Duterte said on March 3 that the move was to lessen the country’s dependence on non-renewable coal, which contributes 57 percent of the country’s power. “The energy department is hereby mandated Read more