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It shares news about the Catholic Church, its people and its ministries, and stories of importance to New Zealand society.

Across this year, we have been able to share almost 800 stories of the life of the Catholic Church in New Zealand and ac...
19/12/2025

Across this year, we have been able to share almost 800 stories of the life of the Catholic Church in New Zealand and across the globe, as well as articles of interest from New Zealand society. Thank you to our readers, our staff and our advertisers for making the first year of this ministry of the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference a success.

We wish you all a safe, happy and holy Christmas. Our first edition of 2026 will be emailed out on February 10. Follow the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference page for important news over the summer break.

๐‚๐š๐ญ๐ก๐๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐›๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ค ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ ๐…๐ž๐›๐ซ๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ฒThis is the final edition of CathNews New Zealand for 2025. CathNews will resum...
19/12/2025

๐‚๐š๐ญ๐ก๐๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐›๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ค ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ ๐…๐ž๐›๐ซ๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ
This is the final edition of CathNews New Zealand for 2025. CathNews will resume on Tuesday, February 10, 2026. Full story โฌ‡

๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐š๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐™Multicultural New Zealand is calling on the Government to establish an i...
19/12/2025

๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐š๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐™
Multicultural New Zealand is calling on the Government to establish an independent Commissioner for Religious and Interfaith Affairs. Full story โฌ‡

๐‹๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐›๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌโ€™ ๐‚๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฌThemes of light and life amid suffering, fear and uncertainty featu...
19/12/2025

๐‹๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐›๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌโ€™ ๐‚๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฌ
Themes of light and life amid suffering, fear and uncertainty feature in Christmas messages from two New Zealand Catholic bishops. Full story โฌ‡

๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ˆ๐ฌ๐ซ๐š๐ž๐ฅ๐ข ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ข ๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐œ๐ซ๐žPope Leo XIV and Israeli President Isaac Herzog spoke by telephon...
19/12/2025

๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ˆ๐ฌ๐ซ๐š๐ž๐ฅ๐ข ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ข ๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐œ๐ซ๐ž
Pope Leo XIV and Israeli President Isaac Herzog spoke by telephone just days after a terrorist attack that killed 15 people during a Hanukkah celebration in Australia. Full story โฌ‡

๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ค๐ž๐, ๐Ÿ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐…๐š๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐กThe conclusion of nearly 50 years of the Marist Brothers working in th...
16/12/2025

๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ค๐ž๐, ๐Ÿ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐…๐š๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก
The conclusion of nearly 50 years of the Marist Brothers working in the Far North was marked with a farewell Mass at Kaikohe. Full story โฌ‡

๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐A special publication celebrating 50 years of state-integrated s...
16/12/2025

๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐
A special publication celebrating 50 years of state-integrated schools has been launched with a presentation made to Education Minister Erica Stanford. Full story โฌ‡

๐‚๐š๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ข ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ค ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆCatholic leaders in Australia have condemned antisemitism f...
16/12/2025

๐‚๐š๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ข ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ค ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ
Catholic leaders in Australia have condemned antisemitism following a terrorist attack at Sydneyโ€™s Bondi Beach that left 15 innocent people and one gunman dead and at least 40 people hospitalised. Full story โฌ‡

Have you seen our new CathNews Careers service? If you're looking to work for a Catholic organisation, or if you're a Ca...
16/12/2025

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๐€๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐Š๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ƒ๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐™ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌA Catholic review has described an animated film about the early years of...
11/12/2025

๐€๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐Š๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ƒ๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐™ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ
A Catholic review has described an animated film about the early years of King David to be released in New Zealand next week as a โ€œfine interfaith meeting placeโ€ for Jewish and Christian people. Full story โฌ‡

๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ž, ๐”๐ค๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐œ๐žMeeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Pope Leo XI...
11/12/2025

๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ž, ๐”๐ค๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ž
Meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Pope Leo XIV reiterated the importance of dialogue and his hopes for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine. Full story โฌ‡

๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ž๐ฏ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐งPalmerston North Bishop John Adams says there are great possi...
11/12/2025

๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ž๐ฏ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
Palmerston North Bishop John Adams says there are great possibilities for evangelisation in Aotearoa New Zealand through its large network of Catholic schools. Full story โฌ‡

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