Oceania

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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 ...
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  24 March 2020
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Coronavirus crisis: digital resources to ensure pastoral closeness to the faithful Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Masses are suspended due to coronavirus, but the Episcopal conference has made available digital resources useful for not "cutting the bridges" and ensuring maximum pastoral proximity to the fait ...
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  29 February 2020
  OCEANIA/SAMOA - V World Apostolic Congress on Mercy: an Ocean of Love that surrounds the whole world Apia (Agenzia Fides) - It will be a true "jubilee" of the small Catholic community of the Samoa islands, in the remote Pacific islands, which will give you the opportunity to be, for a week, the heart of the universal Ch ...
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  20 February 2020
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - "Socktober": a game to be passionate missionaries Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - "Kicking poverty" with the curious and fun "Socktober" initiative: this is the objective that Catholic Mission Australia, the National Direction of the Pontifical Mission Societies in the country ...
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  13 February 2020
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The commitment of the Daughters of Mary Immaculate for the promotion of women Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - The Daughters of Mary Immaculate Sisters (DMI) are seriously committed to promoting the life of women in Port Moresby. Over the past year, women religious have carried out projects to impro ...
• 12 February 2020
  OCEANIA/MICRONESIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Caroline Islands and successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 2 January 2020, the Holy Father accepted the renunciation of the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Caroline Islands (Federated States of Micronesia), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Amand ...
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  30 January 2020
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Solidarity and community: coordination of Catholic bodies to help victims of fires Sydney (Agenzia Fides)- "The unprecedented bushfires that have devastated Australia in the past months were the catalyst for deeper collaboration between Catholic ministries. For this reason, the 'Catholic Emergency Reli ...
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  24 January 2020
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Bishops and Caritas against human trafficking: a social alarm Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - "Illegal activities, prostitution, drug laundering of arms and money continue to increase as foreign human trafficking operations are becoming dramatically "normal". This is the warning lau ...
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  22 January 2020
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The education of young people is the responsibility of politicians and the entire community Bereina (Agenzia Fides) - "We pray and work so that the right to education for all children can be truly recognized, not only on paper or speeches by politicians, but also concretely achieved by the daily care of their p ...
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  20 January 2020
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Jubilee of the beatification of Peter ToRot, an example for everyone Kavieng (Agenzia Fides) - "The defense of the sacrament of marriage as a way of conjugal holiness was the main motivation that led to the beatification of Peter ToRot", said Mgr. Rochus Tatamai MSC, bishop of Kavieng - L ...
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  13 January 2020
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Catholic Mission mobilizes for the needs of the Australian population affected by the fires Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - "Catholic Mission" Australia, which is the National Direction of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Australia, has announced an immediate collaboration with the St. Vincent de Paul Society to of ...
• 7 January 2020
  OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - Appointment of the auxiliary Bishop of Auckland Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 6 January 2020, the Holy Father appointed Rev. Michael Andrew Gielen of the clergy of Hamilton, auxiliary bishop of the diocese of Auckland (New Zealand), currently Director for the form ...
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  23 December 2019
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Christmas is the feast of the gift of the Christ Child Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - "Christmas is that wonderful time of the year, when we go home and get together with family and friends. It is a moment in which we give thanks to the Lord for the gift of his Son as Savior ...