Sunday, January 9, 2022

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS.  

Aotearoa's first saint in the making: The rich history of Jerusalem and its french nun Suzanne Aubert.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/local-focus-aotearoas-first-saint-in-the-making/7PYYBEM4PVZKROM3C35JYLHLAY/
The story of the Sisters of Compassion and their relationship with the Whanganui River stretches back more than a century. Its founder, Mother Mary Joseph Suzanne Aubert, also known by her Maori name Meri Hohepa, died in 1926 and is in line to be canonised as a saint of the Roman Catholic Church ...

Michelangelo: A Different View - Aotea Centre, Auckland 3 - 30 January 2022
https://www.aucklandlive.co.nz/michelangelo-a-different-view-media-release
Under license from the Vatican Museums, this exhibition offers the most complete and authentic reproduction of Michelangelo's beautiful ceiling frescoes of the Sistine Chapel to be shown outside the Vatican.

Joan Hodson - Player, umpire, coach ...teacher  (text article and video interview)
https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/458525/watch-joan-hodson-player-umpire-coach-teacher
Former Silver Fern and New Zealand women's touch champion Joan Hodson has done it all in sport but perhaps the greatest impact she's had is as a teacher ...

The Timaru Report: The religious makeup of the district
https://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/127144340/the-timaru-report-the-religious-makeup-of-the-district
While it is difficult to identify overall trends when it comes to religion in Timaru, because of Covid-19 disruptions, there was probably caution for some over going to church, the Professor Emeritus of History at Massey University says ...

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News of the Church in NZ and the World
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https://nzcatholic.org.nz/

https://www.romereports.com/en/  (video)
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=rome+reports&sp=EgIIAw%253D%253D

https://www.thetablet.co.uk/

https://www.cruxnow.com

https://www.lastampa.it/vatican-insider/en