Oceania

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  14 July 2016
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - The value of the elderly: the Church's campaign for social justice Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - To celebrate the Day of Social Justice, 25 September, and inaugurate the campaign for the year 2016-2017 with one central theme: the life of the elderly. This is the initiative of the Council for ...
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  1 July 2016
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Former Vietnamese refugee new Bishop of Parramatta Parramatta (Agenzia Fides) - "I have made many leaps of faith in my life" said His Exc. Mgr. Vincent Long Van Nguyen, who fled Vietnam in 1975 among the "boat people" who fled the country on makeshift boats to Australia. ...
• 24 June 2016
  OCEANIA/MARIANA ISLANDS - Appointment of the Bishop of Chalan Kanoa Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 24 June 2016 the Holy Father appointed Rev. Fr. Ryan Jimenez as Bishop of the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa (Saipan), in the Northern Mariana Islands. The newly-elected Bishop was born on 18 ...
• 22 June 2016
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Resignation of the Archbishop of Honiara, appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 22 June 2016 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Honiara (Solomon Islands) presented by His Exc. Mgr. Adrian Thomas Smith, S.M., i ...
• 10 June 2016
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Resignation of the Bishop of Goroka, appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 9 June 2016 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Goroka (Papua New Guinea), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Francesco Sarego, S.V.D., in acc ...
• 6 June 2016
  OCEANIA/GUAM - Appointment of the Apostolic Administrator "sede plena" of the Archdiocese of Agaña Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On June 6, 2016 the Holy Father appointed His Exc. Mgr. Savio Hon Tai-Fai, S.D.B., Apostolic Administrator "sede plena" of the Archdiocese of Agaña, in Guam. (SL) (Agenzia Fides 06/06/20 ...
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  6 June 2016
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Birth of a new National Center for Evangelization Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - The Australian Bishops have set up a new "National Center for Evangelization". As Fides learns by the Communications Office of the Bishops Conference, the announcement was given on June 2 by the ...
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  1 June 2016
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Slaves of modern times: 10 million more in the world compared to 2015 Minderoo (Agenzia Fides) - About 46 million people, including millions of children, are currently living in conditions of modern slavery. This is what was highlighted in a study released by the Australian Foundation Walk ...
• 20 May 2016
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Appointment of the Rector of the "Holy Name of Mary" Seminary in Honiara Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 3, 2016 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Paulus Suparmono, of the Congregation of Mission (CM) as Rector of t ...
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  27 April 2016
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - The education of children in Cambodia is the aim of Catholic Mission Melbourne (Agenzia Fides) - The commitment and efforts carried out by sister Eulie Desacula and the Daughters of Charity in favor of the most vulnerable children in Phnom Penh with their innovative institution Mobile Tuk ...
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  8 March 2016
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Women missionaries honoured: courage beyond dispute, faith unfaltering Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of International Women’s Day , Catholic Mission, the Pontifical Mission Societies in Australia, celebrates women missionaries who continue to have a profound impact on ...
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  2 March 2016
  OCEANIA/FIJI ISLANDS - Columban missionaries care for children after schools collapsed in cyclone Suva (Agenzia Fides) – In the Fiji islands some 40 per cent of the population was affected by tropical cyclone Winston, which struck the archipelago on 20 February. Presently about 62,000 people are living in emergenc ...
• 1 March 2016
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Appointment of new National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Rev. Brian Joseph Lucas Città del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, on 1 November 2015, appointed as the new National Director of the Pontifical Mission Socie ...
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  18 February 2016
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Children and families of refugees in the detention camp on Manus Island: Protest of Churches and NGOs Melbourne (Agenzia Fides) - The Australian government is ready to send 37 infants, 54 children and their immigrant families (267 people in all) to the detention camp organized on the island of Nauru, Manus Island, which ...
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  12 February 2016
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - The true meaning of St. Valentine's Day: Catholic Mission urges Australians to love and altruism Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - While Australians are preparing to buy chocolates and flowers, in a statement sent to Agenzia Fides Catholic Mission wants to remember the true meaning of this day that goes past boxes in the sha ...