A new internship programme provides a pathway to being a director in the not-for-profit sector. The board of the Anglican Family Care centre has appointed Annabelle Cullinane as its first intern director, working alongside the board for a two-year term. She would not have voting rights but would gain insights and experience and could share Read more
The World Health Assembly adopted a resolution to formalize the participation of the Holy See in the World Health Organization as a nonmember state observer. The annual assembly, which is the decision-making body of WHO, held its sessions online and at its headquarters in Geneva May 24-31. The assembly adopted “by consensus” May 31 a Read more
Extreme left-wing militants on Saturday violently disrupted a Church procession in Eastern Paris. The march was honouring Catholics killed 150 years ago by the revolutionary socialists who briefly ruled the French capital. The religious march was called to commemorate the archbishop, seminarian and 14 priests who were executed between May 24-26, 1871 during the “Bloody Read more
The theft of the gold rosary that Mary, Queen of Scots took to her execution is a “very tragic loss” for Catholic history, a curator has said. Jan Graffius, the curator of the Stonyhurst Collections, made the comment after police reported that thieves broke into Arundel Castle in West Sussex, southern England, on May 21, Read more
A 22-year-old man who started fires at three places of worship within a few hours, causing one to be burnt to the ground, will not be prosecuted as he was suffering from insanity at the time. The man, who has interim name suppression, appeared in the Christchurch District Court on Friday. He was earlier charged Read more
Spain’s postal service has been rebuked by anti-racism campaigners after it launched a limited-edition run of skin-toned stamps in which the dark skin tones have a lower monetary value than the light ones. The Equality Stamps range was launched to coincide with the anniversary of the murder of George Floyd by a US police officer. Read more
Only a small percentage of children will be lifted out of poverty over the next three years by Budget announcements last week, Tauranga social agencies have been told. About 40 members of social agencies gathered to discuss the effects of the Budget announcements on child poverty at a breakfast meeting organised by the local Western Read more
A bill proposed last week by the ruling Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party would criminalize “harassment” of women entering abortion clinics. The bill was introduced May 21 by the PSOE’s coalition in the Congress of Deputies, the lower house of Spain’s legislature, would criminalize “harassing women going to clinics for the voluntary interruption of pregnancy.” Penalties Read more
Human beings could potentially live to be 150 years old, scientists have concluded in a groundbreaking new study. However, any hopes Silicon Valley billionaires might have of making themselves immortal were dashed. Researchers said 150 was the “absolute limit” any healthy human body would be able to sustain. Thousands of volunteers in the US and Read more
The University of Notre Dame held its commencement ceremony this weekend with the notable absence of one very important guest: President Biden. The Catholic News Agency reported earlier this month that Biden, the second Catholic president in American history, was invited to give remarks to new graduates but could not attend due to scheduling conflicts. Read more