Oceania

• 25 November 2024
  OCEANIA/NORTHERNMARIANAISLANDS - Appointment of Bishop of Chalan Kanoa Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Rev. Fr. Romeo Duetao Convocar, of the clergy of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Agaña (Guam), currently Parish Priest of Blessed Diego Luis de San Vitores in ...
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  4 October 2024
  OCEANIA/FRENCH POLYNESIA - Evidence of "practical synod exercise" in the Raromatai Islands Bora Bora (Agenzia Fides) - "In September it was time for us to meet again to evaluate the importance of the meetings held during the 2023-2024 pastoral year and the impact they had on the life of the five parishes in th ...
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  14 September 2024
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Sister Pamela: Overcoming cultural barriers to touch the lives of others by Antonella Prenna Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - “In Papua New Guinea, mission meets cultural diversity. Understanding the cultural differences of people is a serious task and takes time,” says Sister Pamela Vec ...
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  9 September 2024
  APOSTOLIC JOURNEY - Pope in Oceania: excerpts from the address to the young people of Papua New Guinea Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis says goodbye to Oceania. After the private celebration of Holy Mass, he said goodbye to the collaborators and benefactors of the Apostolic Nunciature in Port Moresby to go to t ...
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  8 September 2024
  APOSTOLIC JOURNEY - Pope gives Bibles and rosaries to missionaries: “Continue on this path” by Fabio Beretta Vanimo (Agenzia Fides) - Hugs, prayers, photos. And typical Argentine specialties to celebrate being together. And all this in just half an hour. That's how long the private meeting between Pope Fran ...
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  6 September 2024
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - “Our people are united by faith thanks to the missionaries.” Interview with John Ribat, M.S.C., Archbishop of Port Moresby by Fabio Beretta Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - The role of missionaries among the tribes, the work of the local Church in following the teachings of the Gospel and feel part of the universal Church, the joy and enth ...
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  6 September 2024
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The baptized do not want Christianity as a "state religion" Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - The country has a 95% Christian population, but is not based on a "state religion": this is the concept of state in Papua New Guinea, which has been independent since 1975 after Australian ...
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  6 September 2024
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Missionaries in Vanimo wait for the Pope: “In the jungle, people stop us and ask for the sacraments” by Fabio Beretta Vanimo (Agenzia Fides) - The blue ocean on one side, jungle and forests on the other. This is how the northern part of Papua New Guinea, the second stop on Pope Francis' long journey through Asia and ...
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  22 August 2024
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Among the seminarians waiting for the Pope: "The missionaries have sown the seeds" by Fabio Beretta Port Moresby (Fides News Agency) – "What does God want from me?". There is joy and many expectations among the young seminarians of Papua New Guinea: in a few days' time they will meet Pope Francis. ...
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  5 August 2024
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Missionaries paid a high price during World War II Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - They were mistaken for enemy spies and killed for this reason. This was the fate of several Catholic missionaries involved in the evangelization of Papua New Guinea during World War II, an ...
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  5 August 2024
  OCEANIA/FRENCH POLYNESIA - The Katekita and the fundamental role of the laity for the proclamation of the Gospel in the daily life of the "Church overseas" Papeete (Agenzia Fides) - On Friday 2 August, at 6 p.m. local time, the large church of "Maria No Te Hau" (Mary, Our Lady of Peace) in the heart of Papeete was packed to celebrate one of the most important events in the ...
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  2 August 2024
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - From tribes to seminaries: vocations in rural areas are on the rise Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - This young Church has no vocations crisis. The Catholic Church in Papua New Guinea is expecting the visit of Pope Francis in a few weeks. The Bishop of Rome will stop in the country for jus ...
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  25 July 2024
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Tribal war does not stop: massacres of women and children in the Kanduanum parish area Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) – Children tortured, women raped. Then murdered and their bodies thrown into the river. This is the most recent and frightening balance of the tribal war that has been ravaging the villages ...
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  24 July 2024
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Spiritual preparation, prayer, meetings of the faithful in view of the Pope's trip Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - Prayers, reflections and moments of discussion. This is how the priests of Papua New Guinea are preparing to live Pope Francis' apostolic journey. The Pontiff, on what has been defined as " ...
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  12 July 2024
  OCEANIA/FRENCH POLYNESIA - Leeward Islands: Catholic community offers first training event for catechists Raiatea (Fides) - The first training event for catechists and committed lay people of the Catholic Church in the Leeward Islands, the islands under the wind in the western part of the Society Islands archipelago, is unde ...