On Sunday 7 November 2021, euthanasia and assisted suicide will become legal in New Zealand. The End of Life Choice Act, 2019 permits terminally ill people who experience "unbearable suffering" to request to die at the hands of a health…
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Submission: Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill
The Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill is an omnibus bill that seeks to ban "conversion therapy" and is currently before the Justice select committee. In the bill's explanatory note, the term is explained as including "a broad range of practices that…
Pastoral dilemmas posed by legal euthanasia
In November, the contentious legislation that allows euthanasia and assisted suicide to be sought and provided will come into effect throughout New Zealand. Passed in November 2020, the law permits terminally ill adults, in the name of autonomy, to request…
Saint Gianna Beretta Molla: A Saint For Our Times
Saint Gianna Beretta Molla was a wife, mother and physician. Her virtuous life is a reminder of the truth about the dignity of the human person and of marriage and family life.
Mass for Life and Adoration 2020
A Mass for Life and Eucharistic Adoration will be held in Wellington on the evening prior to New Zealand’s third annual National March for Life. Held in the beautiful historic church of Saint Mary of the Angels, the Mass will be…
Children are a blessing: Respect Life Month Day 12
Children are a blessing, and the family is the very foundation of civil society. In a society where the contraceptive mentality has seeped into almost every corner of society, including the Church, larger families are often frowned upon. Many husbands…
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The glory of the cross is not overcome by darkness
As we enter into this Easter season, all appears to be lost. The culture of death has woven its ugly tentacles into the very fabric of society, threatening to completely strangle all that remains of respect for human life. The…
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Remembering Saint John Paul II the defender of life and family
“A society will be judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members; and among the most vulnerable are surely the unborn and the dying.” Address to the New Ambassador of New Zealand to the Holy See May…
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To women who have had an abortion
In Saint John Paul II's important encyclical letter Evangelium Vitae - The Gospel of Life, a blueprint for building a culture of life and a civilization of love is presented to all people of good will. There, among the exhortations…
Day of Prayer and Reparation
On Thursday 8 August, 2019, the first reading of the Abortion Legislation Bill will be read in Parliament. This Bill is a radical denial of the right to life of the pre-born child and ignores the impact that abortion has…