Pope Francis has appointed Fr Paul Martin SM as the next Bishop of the Christchurch Diocese. Bishop-Elect Paul Martin will be the tenth Bishop of Christchurch and succeeds Bishop Barry Jones who died in February 2016. Bishop Patrick Dunn, President of the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference (NZCBC), said “we are delighted that Bishop-Elect Paul […]

  The Aotearoa Catholic Youth Festival came to a successful close last Sunday night after two packed days of festivity, dialogue and contemplation. The weekend of workshops, bishops’ Q&A sessions, dance, art and performances drew a capacity crowd which basked in the sunny skies Auckland put on over the weekend. The weekend’s events at St […]

  With over 650 attendees, the Aotearoa Catholic Youth Festival weekend of worship, discussion and performance got off to a hot start, under a beautiful blue Auckland sky.  Some of the day’s highlights included workshops on the work of the Catholic faith community, the state of our earth, relationships, and Q&A with a bishop! The […]

To involve young people in preparations for the Synod of Bishops on Youth in 2018, the Vatican has released an online questionnaire to better understand the lives, attitudes and concerns of 16- to 29-year-old young people around the world.  The survey is online until 31 December, so there is still time for young people who […]