Oceania

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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 ...
• 12 June 2024
  OCEANIA/SAMOA - Appointment of metropolitan archbishop of Samoa-Apia (Samoa) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Fr. Mosese Vitolio Tui, S.DB., until now parish priest of Saint Paul, Massey, diocese of Auckland, New Zealand, provincial counsellor and delegat ...
• 3 June 2024
  OCEANIA/TUVALU - Appointment of ecclesiastical superior of the Missio sui iuris of Funafati Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Fr. Eliseo Napiere, M.S.P. until now member of the Presbyteral Council and parish priest of Saint James the Less in Perris, in the diocese of San ...
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  29 May 2024
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Anticipation of the Pope's visit and gratitude for the words of comfort after the landslide Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "There is great excitement in our Catholic community in Papua New Guinea about the upcoming visit of Pope Francis next September. His arrival is seen as an event of grace for all the communities of ...
• 23 May 2024
  OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - Appointment of the new Rector of the interdiocesan Seminary of the "Holy Cross" in Auckland Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On December 6, 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, appointed Rector of the interdiocesan Seminary of the "Holy Cross" in the diocese of Au ...
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  22 May 2024
  OCEANIA/FRENCH POLYNESIA - 11 Confirmations celebrated: the importance of an event capable of recreating unity and participation worthy of Pentecost Bora Bora (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community of the parish of Saint Pier Celestino in Bora Bora lived three intense days. The occasion was the celebration of the sacrament of Confirmation on Sunday, May 19. The Mas ...
• 17 May 2024
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Appointment of coadjutor archbishop of Mount Hagen Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Clement Papa, until now interim director of the Spiritual Year at the Good Shepherd Seminary, as coadjutor archbishop of the metropolitan archdioc ...
• 2 May 2024
  OCEANIA/KIRIBATI AND NAURU - Appointment of bishop of Tarawa and Nauru Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Father Simon Mani, M.S.C., until now rector of the Pacific Regional Seminary of Suva. Msgr. Simone Mani, M.S.C., was born on 27 March 1969 in Lab ...
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  16 April 2024
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Sydney, Bishop stabbed in church is not in danger. Clashes between parishioners and police Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - The lives of Bishop Mari Emmanuel and Eastern Rite Christians - including a priest - are not in danger. They were attacked with a knife by a young sixteen-year-old in the Church of Christ the Goo ...
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  26 February 2024
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Escalation is feared after tribal conflict: The only way to avoid it is on-site dialogue Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - After the serious massacre in which a total of 64 people fell victim in the last few days in the province of Enga, near the town of Wabag, 600 kilometers northwest of the capital Port Mores ...
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  8 February 2024
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Integration of Aboriginal children: the contribution of schools after the wound of the referendum Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - The integration of Aboriginal people into Australian society and the social, cultural and spiritual reconciliation in the nation pass through school: with this conviction, the Redfern Jarjum Coll ...
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  12 January 2024
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Social tensions and violence: the government declares a "state of emergency" Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - The Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea has declared a two-week "state of emergency" and announced that the police chief and other senior officials in the finance and treasury ministries hav ...
• 22 December 2023
  OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - Appointment of the new director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On October 24, 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, appointed Rev. Michael Cheng Chai Pui of the clergy of Christchurch, as National Direct ...