Oceania

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  6 June 2020
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Young people committed to environmental protection, in harmony with Laudato Sì Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - A day of awareness and action, dedicated to the care of the "common home", the protection of environment and the critical use of the mass media: this is the initiative experienced by the yo ...
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  4 June 2020
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The diocesan center of Bougainville transformed into a quarantine reception facility Bougainville (Agenzia Fides) - After 8 cases of coronavirus infections registered in Papua New Guinea, all healed, the local Church continues to carry out preventive measures in favor of the population. Among these, Fr. ...
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  29 May 2020
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The young students of the Don Bosco Technical School invite peers to trust in God to overcome any difficulty Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - Positivity, trust, sharing, hope are some key points on which a group of students from the Don Bosco Technical School, Gabutu, confronted each other during the "Chat Room" program, of the T ...
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  26 May 2020
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The entrustment of the nation under the mantle of Mary Help of Christians amid the pandemic Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - The feast of St Mary Help of Christians was an opportunity to entrust Papua New Guinea to the Lord and place it under the loving mantle of the Mother of God, in the difficult time of the pa ...
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  18 May 2020
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Catholics do not believe in magic: the commitment to eradicate the violent practices of superstition Bereina (Agenzia Fides) - "The police rescued two women while a crowd of five hundred people watched them being tortured, stabbed and burned with iron bars. A few weeks ago this news was on the front page of the national ...
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  15 May 2020
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Schools reopen after lockdown Bereina (Agenzia Fides) - The gate of the Jesus Good Shepherd Primary School has reopened. After a few weeks of lockdown in Papua due to the Covid-19 emergency, children return to class. "Thank God, only 8 infected cases ...
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  13 May 2020
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The State and Churches united in fighting the emergency of Covid-19 Bereina (Agenzia Fides) - In Papua New Guinea the State and Christian Churches, civil and ecclesial institutions and are united to defeat the Covid-19 pandemic: as Sister Nguyet Vu missionary of the Cavanis Ges Good Shep ...
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  11 May 2020
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - The Pontifical Mission Societies: #WeAreStillHere campaign to support the PMS Fund for Covid-19 Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church is called to heed to Pope Francis' appeal to respond and use its resources and networks, reflecting on the economic and social consequences of the pandemic. The Church can offer itsel ...
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  7 May 2020
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Christ present in the Word and in charity is rediscovered in times of pandemic Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - "Without Sunday Mass, without the Eucharist, meeting at home with one’s families in prayer has led us to reflect with a new vision. We are experiencing what is 'normal' in the most remote ...
• 7 May 2020
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Fr. Victor Roche, SVD Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 1, 2020 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr. Victor Roche, SVD National Director of the Pontifical Mission Socie ...
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  5 May 2020
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Coronavirus: support for crews at risk of contagion from the Apostleship of the Sea Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - "Chaplains and other pastoral workers on the Australian coast are doing everything possible to support those who work in the seas in this crisis phase linked to the spread of coronavirus. The cur ...
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  30 April 2020
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Covid-19: young people in music to face social distancing Boroko (Agenzia Fides) - Contactless sports, musical creations, reflection sessions, themed films and cineforums: these are some of the initiatives proposed by educators to young students and residents of the Don Bosco a ...
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  21 April 2020
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Catholic Mission: "The pandemic should not make us forget the poorest and most vulnerable" Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - "Around the world, hundreds of missions have been stopped because of Covid-19: many missionaries have been forced to reduce their range or stop altogether. Priests, nuns and operators are doing e ...
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  15 April 2020
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - "Plenary Council" assembly of the Church has been postponed due to Covid-19: the "listening and discernment" phase continues Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - It will be a precious moment of gathering, reflection, planning of the future: the "Plenary Council", defined by the organizers as "the highest form of assembly of the Australian local Churches s ...
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  3 April 2020
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Aborigines: quarantine as a time for reflection accompanied by John Paul II Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Take advantage of the period of social isolation, aimed at containing the emergence of the Coronavirus in order to be inspired by the words that John Paul II addressed to the Aborigines and the i ...