Oceania

• 26 February 2013
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Muslims in Papua: the new frontier of Islam in Oceania Gooroka (Agenzia Fides) - Papua New Guinea is the new frontier for the expansion of Islam in Oceania: as reported to Fides by the local Church, Islam arrived in Papua New Guinea about 35 years ago, when a mosque near Kim ...
• 22 February 2013
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Government tells Churches "homosexuals must not be discriminated against in social service" Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – The approval of the "Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Bill", intended to include and harmonise existing anti-discrimination legislation in society could backfire on Christian Churches and C ...
• 29 January 2013
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Consecrated people: communication and evangelization via mobile phone Madang (Agenzia Fides) - The mobile phone is now an essential tool in the life of consecrated people (priests and nuns) in Papua New Guinea for communication, evangelization, relationship, comparison, transmission of fai ...
• 21 December 2012
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Christians: a legislative action against polygamy is urgent Goroka (Agenzia Fides) - Polygamy is not just an anti-Christian practice and against the moral law, but it is also a social threat. This is why a law to prevent it is urgent. With these arguments the Christian communitie ...
• 20 December 2012
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - New Catholic schools are born, enrollment increases Melbourne (Agenzia Fides) - Thirteen new schools will be built in the north and west suburbs of Melbourne, in what will be the largest Catholic structure since the 70s. Schools are expected to be built in several village ...
• 20 December 2012
  OCEANIA/SAMOA - Cyclone Evan causes death, destruction and damage to infrastructure Apia (Agenzia Fides) - Cyclone Evan has caused deaths, destruction and damage to the infrastructure in the South Pacific. From what emerges in a statement of the Salesian community in Samoa, the archipelago was hit by th ...
• 26 November 2012
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - "We oppose the policy of prolonged detention of asylum seekers and we are particularly concerned about the children": Council’s appeal for social justice Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - The Australian Catholic Social Justice Council, ACSJC has expressed serious concern regarding the state of detention children and their families in search of asylum are subjected to. In a stateme ...
• 19 October 2012
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Catholic Mission: To restore hope to the people of the Philippines devastated by the Typhoon Ondoy Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - In all the parishes and dioceses of Australia, World Mission Day, October 21 will lead to a particular commitment for the Pontifical Mission Societies in the country (Catholic Mission Australia). ...
• 18 October 2012
  OCEANIA/TAHITI - Year of Faith: "People are ready to publicly display their belief in God" Papeete (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics of Tahiti mobilized for the Year of Faith, expressing "full communion" with the initiative launched by Pope Benedict XVI and wishing to offer a "public witness of faith." As reported t ...
• 11 October 2012
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Youth and Year of Faith: the Gospel to say "No" to drugs, alcohol and disorderly sex Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - The Year of Faith for the young people of Papua New Guinea, "a powerful opportunity and an invitation to rediscover the Gospel to say 'No' to drugs, alcohol, libertinage and disorder in sex ...
• 4 October 2012
  OCEANIA/COOK ISLANDS - The Year of Faith in the Pacific travels via e-mail Rarotonga (Agenzia Fides) - "The Year of Faith is an opportunity for us Catholics of immense value, to deepen our faith. We will do this through seminars, conferences, formation programs and catechesis, in full communion ...
• 14 September 2012
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - "Year of Faith": a challenge for young people Rabaul (Agenzia Fides) - The Year of Faith is "an opportunity to renew and revitalize our Catholic faith, and this may be easier for the youth of Papua New Guinea following the footsteps of Blessed Peter To Rot, a model ...
• 23 August 2012
  OCEANIA - Year of Faith and new evangelization: the Bishops' Conference of the Pacific Paita (Agenzia Fides) - "In Australia and New Zealand Churches struggle to cope with the influence of secularism. But with the development of technology and communication information, even in other Pacific countries, suc ...
• 20 August 2012
  OCEANIA/TAHITI - In the Jubilee Year of St. Clare, the Poor Clares of Polynesia are a story to tell Tahiti (Agenzia Fides) - Nineteen thousand kilometers from the Proto-Monastery of Assisi, in the heart of the South Pacific, with twelve time zones less than Rome, the Poor Clares of the only monastery in Polynesia, on A ...
• 3 August 2012
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Warning and prevention of a malaria epidemic: long-term insecticide-treated nets have been distributed Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - Approximately 90% of the population of Papua New Guinea is at risk of malaria. This island country, located south of the equator, 1.9 million cases are registered every year. Thanks to the ...