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Saturday morning was a day of celebration for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Belize City-Belmopan. It formally welcomed its third native Bishop, Lawrence Sydney Nicasio of Dangriga, in an elaborate three-and-a-half-hour ceremony, featuring the convergence of many cultures. A coterie of bishops from across the Caribbean congregated to formally make Nicasio, who succeeds Monsignor Dorrick […]
Written on May 15, 2017 | Posted in
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At this time of the year, Belizeans, like millions across the world, celebrate the Easter season according to their beliefs and their religious denominations. It is said to be the most important Christian holiday and Christians commemorate Good Friday as the day that Jesus Christ died and Easter Sunday is celebrated as the day that […]
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While many Belizeans are on their way to their vacation spot to spend the Easter holidays, is the Christian tradition being lost to secular activities? Earlier today, a symbolic artwork of Jesus was erected on the Saint Martin De Porres Parish compound. News Five spoke with Father Matt Ruhl about the message for the Holy […]
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Beloved Bishop Emeritus OP Martin was laid to rest at Belmopan’s Our Lady of Guadalupe Co-Cathedral, as was his wish. The Bishop had been ailing for some time and passed away on February sixteenth in his hometown Dangriga. In life, he touched the lives of persons from all walks of life and at his final […]
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Belize gave a fond farewell this afternoon to first Belizean-born Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church in Belize, the Most Reverend Osmond Peter Martin. The eighty-six-year-old Bishop Emeritus was memorialized in Catholic masses in his hometown Dangriga on Sunday morning and in Belize City this morning, but this afternoon’s funeral service was an official remembrance […]
Bishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Church in Belize, the late Most Reverend Osmond Peter Martin, will be laid to rest next Monday, February twenty-seventh, following an official funeral service at Our Lady of Guadalupe Co-Cathedral in Belmopan. The Church accepted an offer from the Government to make it an official funeral, in recognition of […]
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Belize’s first native Roman Catholic Bishop, The Most Reverend Osmond Peter Martin of Dangriga, is dead. He died, at the age of eighty-seven, sometime after three this morning at home of natural causes. Bishop Martin was ordained a bishop in 1982 after entering the priesthood in 1959, and after a short time as auxiliary bishop, […]
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This afternoon, Donald Trump was officially inaugurated as the forty-fifth President of the United States of America. He succeeds Barack Obama, who appointed Carlos Moreno, former California Supreme Court judge, as U.S. Ambassador to Belize. But from the moment of Moreno’s arrival, the local Evangelical community protested against him, on the basis that he was […]
As we bid farewell to 2016 and reflect on all the trials and triumphs over the past twelve months, we look forward to a fruitful year. With God as the anchor in our lives anything is possible. Tonight, we end our final newscast for the year with a thoughtful message from Canon Leroy Flowers on […]
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Christmas is less than two days away and the religious festival celebrating the birth of Christ is being observed across the country by various denominations. Earlier today, we spoke with Father Matt Ruhl of the St. Martin’s de Porres Parish and message for the Yuletide season is to keep God and faith at the heart […]
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While he has made his name as an activist for Christian and traditional values, particularly when it comes to fighting amorality and homosexuality, Scott Stirm is first and foremost a pastor, and a tender of the Christian sheep. In our interview with him in Belmopan, News Five asked for his perspective on the meaning of […]
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The Roman Catholic community, thousands of past students as well as Garifuna communities are tonight mourning the passing of a beloved pastor and educator who dedicated his entire life in service to Christ and to Belize. Ninety-two year old John Stochl, senior member of the Society of Jesus or the Jesuits, died Sunday night at […]
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This week, pastors from across denominational lines and the country converged at the Biltmore Plaza for a three-day conference funded by the Houston Texas Healing Church in the U.S. The objective of the Pastors and Leader’s Conference is for church leaders to unplug from the demands of ministry and to encourage, inspire and motivate pastors […]
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Late this evening, the Roman Catholic Church stepped in line with the message from the Papal Nuncio. The Church says that they support the appeal for students and teachers to get back to the classroom. The release goes on to say that there are other means besides strikes that can be used to pressure the […]
On Tuesday, the B.N.T.U. sent a letter to Reverend Bishop Dorrick Wright expressing their support for him and in turn thanking the Reverend Bishop for his support of their strike action. In the letter, the B.N.T.U. also asked to meet with the Bishop to discuss allegations that there has been a request to remove him, […]
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This morning the media received a press release from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Belize and Belmopan. The release expressed similar views as we saw in the Independence Day prayer delivered by Bishop Christopher Glancy. Sources tell us that this morning’s release came directly from Bishop Dorrick Wright himself. It states that the Roman Catholic […]
According to the release from the Roman Catholic Diocese, with managing authority for Catholic schools, “We believe that the safety of upwards of fifty thousand students in our care will be at risk, without the adequate supervision of our teachers.” But is there division between the church and its management? We ask this because Sister […]
Written on September 29, 2016 | Posted in
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Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church, Christopher Glancy, delivered Wednesday’s invocation at the Independence Day celebrations. But was he more to the point than the PM and the Leader of the Opposition? At least part of it was an indictment of governments’ missteps which have put them – and the nation – in peril. But […]
Written on September 22, 2016 | Posted in
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There is a major development in respect of the ruling on Section Fifty Three. Government and the religious community, including the Belize Council of Churches, have arrived at a mutual agreement in respect of the ruling by the Supreme Court. That controversial decision handed down by Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin decriminalizes sodomy and other unnatural […]
The controversial ruling by Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin on Section Fifty-three remains in the headlines tonight. And this morning, the Belize Council of Churches met in an extended session to discuss a collective position on the decision, among other national issues. The sit-down preceded a scheduled meeting this afternoon with Prime Minister Dean Barrow, who […]
According to the President of the Belize Council of Churches, the call for Senator Rocke’s resignation came from other areas of the religious community but was never sanctioned by the organization. While the Roman Catholic Church individually requested his removal, as a member of the council it stands in solidarity with the collective decision to […]
Pastor Rocke, who has kept a low profile in the wake of the controversial vote, was candid earlier today when he explained to News Five the rationale behind the vote not to support a Senate Select Committee. In breaking his silence, he says that while he did not object to an investigation, the counterproposal made […]
On Thursday, the president of the Belize Association of Evangelical Churches was castigated by Pastor Louis Wade who claims that Pastor Howell Longsworth is a functionary of the U.D.P. Wade alleges that Pastor Rocke’s vote may have been influenced. Today, we put that question to Pastor Longsworth who flatly rejected the allegation. Isani Cayetano […]
There is a pronounced rift in the Council of Churches tonight following a vote on Wednesday by Senator Ashley Rocke. Rocke first spoke in support of a Senate Select investigation on the special audit and would then vote against it. Ashley Rocke, Senator for Churches “I also rise to give support to the inquiry. […]
The unprecedented release from Bishop Wright was followed by one from the Executive Team of the National Evangelical Association of Belize, known as the NEAB. The grouping says its national chapters comprising two hundred and fifty churches are disappointed with Senator Rocke’s “No” vote and find it completely unacceptable. NEAB is also calling for the […]
