robbery - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 01 Aug 2022 07:52:14 +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 robbery - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Preacher robbed of $1M in jewellery during sermon https://cathnews.co.nz/2022/08/01/preacher-robbed-during-sermon/ Mon, 01 Aug 2022 07:59:03 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=149791 A preacher was giving a sermon about keeping faith in the face of grave adversity when three robbers walked in. They showed guns and demanded property from him and his wife. They took more than $US 1 million worth of jewellery. Read more

Preacher robbed of $1M in jewellery during sermon... Read more]]> A preacher was giving a sermon about keeping faith in the face of grave adversity when three robbers walked in. They showed guns and demanded property from him and his wife. They took more than $US 1 million worth of jewellery. Read more

Preacher robbed of $1M in jewellery during sermon]]> 149791 Nuns shaken but hopeful after robbery https://cathnews.co.nz/2020/06/11/nuns-shaken-robbery/ Thu, 11 Jun 2020 08:20:31 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=127660 A community of Dominican nuns in Hawaii is shaken but hopeful after a burglar broke into their convent last week and stole a minivan that the nuns use for their ministry. "It was still a good running car, even if it was 13 years old," Sister Bernarda Sindol told CNA. Read more

Nuns shaken but hopeful after robbery... Read more]]> A community of Dominican nuns in Hawaii is shaken but hopeful after a burglar broke into their convent last week and stole a minivan that the nuns use for their ministry.

"It was still a good running car, even if it was 13 years old," Sister Bernarda Sindol told CNA. Read more

Nuns shaken but hopeful after robbery]]> 127660 Man who stole from church leave "sorry" note https://cathnews.co.nz/2018/08/23/stole-church-sorry/ Thu, 23 Aug 2018 08:20:12 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=110839 A man who broke into a Connecticut church and stole about $4,000 worth of electronics apparently felt enough remorse to leave an apology note. Members of the congregation told WVIT-TV he also left a note that said, "Pray 4 Me!! Sorry brothers. Save me," and drew a little sad face. Continue reading

Man who stole from church leave "sorry" note... Read more]]> A man who broke into a Connecticut church and stole about $4,000 worth of electronics apparently felt enough remorse to leave an apology note.

Members of the congregation told WVIT-TV he also left a note that said, "Pray 4 Me!! Sorry brothers. Save me," and drew a little sad face. Continue reading

Man who stole from church leave "sorry" note]]> 110839 Twelve Church pastoral workers killed in 2012 https://cathnews.co.nz/2013/02/05/twelve-church-pastoral-workers-killed-in-2012/ Mon, 04 Feb 2013 18:30:38 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=38646 Catholic pastoral workers were killed at a rate of one a month last year — 10 priests, one religious sister and one lay person — and the most dangerous part of the world was South America. The Fides news service has published its annual document listing all the Church workers who lost their lives in Read more

Twelve Church pastoral workers killed in 2012... Read more]]> Catholic pastoral workers were killed at a rate of one a month last year — 10 priests, one religious sister and one lay person — and the most dangerous part of the world was South America.

The Fides news service has published its annual document listing all the Church workers who lost their lives in a violent manner during the past year.

It says the majority of the pastoral workers killed in 2012 were victims of attempted robbery: Some discovered there were thieves in their homes and their bodies were found with signs of torture and cruelty. Others were attacked in the street and robbed of what they brought with them or their car.

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