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NZ election poll watch: right still leads left, but Opportunity could deny it a majority

With the November 7 general election now just over two months away, and party campaigning about to start in earnest, political polls are coming into sharp relief.

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Pope offers gentle critique of Vatican culture in Christmas greeting reminiscent of past

Pope Leo XIV has urged Vatican cardinals to put their ambitions of power and personal interests aside and work instead on building communion

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'Hug Therapy': How Pope Leo Is Trying To Unify Vatican

Pope Leo XIV heads off on holiday on Sunday, having spent his first two months as Catholic leader rebuilding unity and bolstering tradition after his predecessor's unorthodox papacy.

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Pope Leo XIV: Soft-spoken American Spent Decades Amid Poor In Peru

Robert Francis Prevost, the first pope from the United States, has a history of missionary work in Peru but his powerful role within the Roman Curia has also given him a keen grasp of the inner workings of the Church.

International Business Times

Five reasons why previous non-European papal candidates have fallen short

A Filipino or Congolese pope would signal that Catholicism’s demographic heart now beats in Manila and Kinshasa, rather than Milan and Cologne

The Independent UK

Popes have been European for hundreds of years. Is it time for one from Africa or Asia?

Catholicism did not begin as a “white” faith. Born on the eastern rim of the Mediterranean, it spread through the trading routes and legions of the Roman Empire into Africa, Asia and, only later, what we now call Europe.

The Conversation

The new leader of the Catholic Church will inherit a financial mess that Pope Francis spent much of his reign trying to fix

Pope Francis said that for his spiritual message to be credible, the Vatican’s finances had to be credible as well.

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Who’s who at the Vatican?

For more than two weeks, eyes have been on the Vatican, awaiting news about Pope Francis’ health. The pope has been at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital since Feb. 14, 2025, being treated for double pneumonia and other complications.

The Conversation

Pope scolds Vatican staff for gossiping

“The people say it very well: Gossip is zero”

Salon

Pope Looks To His Legacy In Creating 21 New Cardinals

Pope Francis will on Saturday create 21 new cardinals from five continents, including bishops from Algiers, Tehran, Tokyo and Abidjan -- many of whom may one day help choose his successor.

International Business Times

Labour, Hipkins slip to new low as NZ govt finds groove

Chris Hipkins, who led New Zealand for nine months before losing the 2023 election, has polled just 13 per cent as preferred prime minister.

AAP

NZ election 2023: with a month to go, polls point to a right-wing coalition government

The New Zealand general election to be held in one month, on October 14, will be the country’s tenth under the mixed member proportional system (MMP).

The Conversation

'After the first stroke I didn’t even know I had a daughter'

When Paul Flaherty woke up he had no recollection of his daughter, aged 6

Wales Online

Dad couldn't remember seven-year-old daughter after waking up from devastating stroke

Devoted father Paul Flaherty, 48, says he 'didn’t even know I had a daughter' after a devastating stroke left him struggling to remember the last six years of his life

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Scots dad struggled to remember he had a daughter after waking up post-stroke

A Scots dad who suffered from a stroke struggled to remember the past six years of his life, including the birth of his daughter, after he woke in hospital following the ordeal.

Daily Record

Scots dad who suffered stroke couldn't remember young daughter when he woke up

He was rushed by ambulance to Glasgow Royal Infirmary before being transferred to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.

ABC News

How George Pell rose from country Victoria to become Australia's most senior Catholic

George Pell was one of the most prominent religious figures in Australia over the past 50 years, rising from regional Victorian priest to become a senior figure at the Vatican. But he faced numerous controversies along the way.

AAP

Hamilton West to set tone for NZ election

The opposition National party candidate of Tama Potaka appears a likely winner of Saturday's by-election in Hamilton West.

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Pope rules baptised lay Catholics, including women, can lead Vatican departments

Pope Francis introduced a landmark reform on Saturday that will allow any baptised lay Catholic, including women, to head most Vatican departments under a new constitution for the Holy See's central administration.

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