Is it a place of fire and brimstone, or wailing and gnashing of teeth? Is it a place that is simply an absence of God? Whatever the reality, the Catholic Church continues to hold to the idea of a place …

Over the next two days, the Catholic Church honours a couple of great figures in Christian history: St Augustine and his mother, St Monica. St Augustine is often seen as a bit of a prodigal son — someone who strayed …

Last week, Catholics in New Zealand celebrated the Feast of the Assumption, and last week’s episode of 15 Minutes with the Bishop was on that topic. This week, Bishop Patrick talks about holy days of obligation, of which the Assumption …

August 15 marks the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, one of the Church’s great Marian feasts. It is a cause for great celebration throughout the Catholic world, but especially in New Zealand, where it is the …

After talking about pilgrimages in general last week, Bishop Patrick talks this week about a specific pilgrimage: World Youth Day. Started by Pope John Paul II and considered one of the late pontiff’s great legacies, this year’s World Youth Day …

Fr Merv Duffy, SM, and Gavin continue to work through the Ten Commandments in the July episode of Catechiwi. This month, it’s commandments five and seven: Thou shall not kill and Thou shall not steal. As we’ve found with the …

In this month’s Catechiwi episode, we continue our series on The Ten Commandments started last month. Fr Merv Duffy, SM, talks to Gavin about the third and fourth commandments: Remember to keep holy the Lord’s day and Honour your father …

Catechiwi returns on a new date — the first of the month —  as we start a series of podcasts on The Ten Commandments. Fr Merv Duffy, SM, the dean of studies at Good Shepherd College in Auckland, returns as …

Hi friends, Just a quick note to advise you that Catechiwi, our educational podcast — though you learn something from all our shows, right? — is moving from its old spot of the 8th of the month to the 1st …

In our final episode of 2010, Catechiwi welcomes back Bishop Patrick Dunn as he talks about a topic he literally wrote a book on: Priesthood. Bishop Dunn speaks about some of the theological aspects of the priesthood as well as …