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Former priest admits to another historic offence
Mark Mannix Brown today admitted more historic offending against young boys

Vatican diplomat 'uploaded child porn from church'
Carlo Capella allegedly uploaded the child porn to a social networking site at Christmas.

Education Society takes Catholic Church to court
Hato Petera has had several problems in the past and no longer offers boarding facilities.

Housing forum held by Wellington churches
Party representatives will speak on their policies at the forum.

Pell heads to court on historic day
Pell's first court appearance will be over within minutes but will create history.

Teacher deregistered for fabricating exam
A teacher who was later founding principal of a charter school has been deregistered.

Priest sues Catholic Church for defamation
Priest sues Catholic Church for defamation, over racial harassment, exploitation claims.

Cardinal Pell back to fight sex charges
Cardinal George Pell, has taken a leave of absence from the Vatican.

Priest admits more historic sex charges
A former Waikato priest, already jailed for sex offences, has admitted more charges.

Snubs and slights in the White House
Aides serve a US president who demands absolute loyalty, but don't get it in return.

Watch NZH Local Focus: Sold! Horowhenua's pensioner housing gone
But the council won't say who the buyer is - yet. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Students travel moon distance to top schools
Christchurch students travel the distance of a trip to the moon to get to top schools.

NCEA: How does your school rate?
Interactive: Statistics for 2016 show winners and losers by decile.

Drowned fisherman to be farewelled
Gary Michael Menzies drowned at Karekare Beach last weekend.

Churches plead: Let Indian students stay
New Zealand's most senior Catholic has appealed to fellow Catholic, Prime Minister Bill English, to reconsider plans to deport Indian

Student visa fraud catches 2-year-old
Students facing deportation plan to seek refuge in a church.

Lawyers seek paedophile priest's victims
An Australian lawyer is searching for Kiwi victims of serial paedophile Catholic priest Father Denis McAlinden. Alyce Johnson of

Church prays for return of Mary statue
Parishioners shocked, saddened by statue's theft

Troubled Hato Petera College won't close
Worried Hato Petera College principal is expecting bad news about the future of his school.

Catholic Church launches 'Sindr' app
A new app will help users get a quick confession if they have sinned.

Daycare death: Service for 'little angel'
A 4-year-old boy who died at his Auckland daycare on Friday has been described as a "little angel" at a prayer service held in his memory today.

Pope warns against fear, building walls
He didn't name names, but Pope Francis has condemned the political use of fear and the building of walls.

Watch NZH Local Focus: Message to his holiness the Pope, return our teddy!
Eltham teddy bear involved in international kidnapping case. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Euthanasia debates linked to suicides, Parliament told
Parliament has been told that its debate on assisted dying could encourage suicides.

NZ Catholics to ban scattering ashes
The Catholic Church in New Zealand will follow guidelines from the Vatican banning the scattering of ashes.

Catholic Church bans scattering of ashes
Strict new Vatican guidelines forbid a list of increasingly popular means of commemorating loved ones.

Demand for exorcisms too high for church
The Vatican is struggling to cope with a massive rise in demand for exorcists by Italians who are finding themselves increasingly menaced by demons.

Abuse inquiry: NZ judge gets $156k pay off
Dame Lowell Goddard, who quit as head of the massive UK public inquiry into child abuse after just 18 months, had been on a salary package worth almost $870,000.