increase - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 18 Apr 2013 04:23:05 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg increase - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Vocations rise for third year in England and Wales https://cathnews.co.nz/2013/04/19/vocations-rise-for-third-year-in-england-and-wales/ Thu, 18 Apr 2013 19:02:03 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=42991 Vocations to religious orders in England and Wales have risen for the third year in a row, and this year has seen a noticeable increase in the number of men joining. The rise in men and women entering religious orders is across a wide variety of different orders, some of which have not had novices Read more

Vocations rise for third year in England and Wales... Read more]]> Vocations to religious orders in England and Wales have risen for the third year in a row, and this year has seen a noticeable increase in the number of men joining.

The rise in men and women entering religious orders is across a wide variety of different orders, some of which have not had novices for many years.

Last year also saw the highest number of ordinations to the diocesan priesthood in nearly 10 years, with 31 priests ordained for the dioceses of England and Wales.

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Vocations rise for third year in England and Wales]]> 42991 Belgium becomes ‘world leader' in euthanasia https://cathnews.co.nz/2013/04/12/belgium-becomes-world-leader-in-euthanasia/ Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:02:35 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=42684 A New Zealand doctor now based in Britain has blown the whistle on Belgium's euthanasia explosion — an increase of 4620 per cent in 10 years. Dr Peter Saunders, now chief executive officer of the Christian Medical Fellowship, said the number of euthanasia cases increased from 24 to 1133 in the 10 years to 2011. Read more

Belgium becomes ‘world leader' in euthanasia... Read more]]> A New Zealand doctor now based in Britain has blown the whistle on Belgium's euthanasia explosion — an increase of 4620 per cent in 10 years.

Dr Peter Saunders, now chief executive officer of the Christian Medical Fellowship, said the number of euthanasia cases increased from 24 to 1133 in the 10 years to 2011.

He said Belgium has eclipsed the Netherlands, the American state of Oregon and Switzerland "in the race to become the ‘world leader'".

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