Oceania

• 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 ...
• 24 July 2012
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Missionaries and the young committed to the care of young disabled children Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - "We care for the lives of disabled children ", says to Fides Fr. John Glynn, an Irish fidei donum missionary in Papua New Guinea, currently serving in the "Jubilee Secondary School" in Port ...
• 7 July 2012
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The Church looks at the Blessed Peter To Rot to re-launch the value of family Rabaul (Agenzia Fides) - A long period of preparation, marked by monthly catechesis to reflect on the theme of family and life; the "peregrinatio" of the relics of the Blessed in the parishes of the diocese of Rabaul; th ...
• 7 July 2012
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - A TV, radio and web network dedicated to Blessed Peter To Rot Bereina (Agenzia Fides) - The Blessed Peter To Rot, a lay martyr of Papua New Guinea of which the Church celebrates the centenary of the birth in 2012, continues in the twenty-first century the work of evangelization of ...
• 11 June 2012
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The Church in Papua committed to the new evangelization Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The main focus of the Church in Papua New Guinea is the new evangelization." This is what His Exc. Mgr. Stephen Joseph Reichert, OFM Cap, Archbishop of Madang says in an interview with Fid ...
• 15 May 2012
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Deacon and midfielder: a life for Jesus, in church, and on the football field Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Faith in Christ and his gospel are always "the rock for his life", both within the walls of a church, and on the grass of a football field: Christian Sieland, 32 years of age, a seminarian ...
• 14 May 2012
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The Young and faith: the Church thinks of new strategies Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - There is a problem of faith and spirituality among younger generations in Papua New Guinea: among young people prayer, faith are lacking, interest in the activities of the Church decreases ...
• 9 May 2012
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Sex education with condom, Catholic schools express "conscientious objection" Rabaul (Agenzia Fides) - In the Catholic schools in Papua New Guinea sex education will not be carried out by encouraging condom use and the distribution of condoms to students will not be done, despite the decisions of ...
• 2 May 2012
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The National Day of Catholic schools has been established Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - It will be an initiative to help strengthen the identity of Catholic schools in the country: the "National Day of Catholic Schools", recently approved by the Episcopal Conference of Papua N ...
• 2 May 2012
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Maternal mortality rate has doubled due to childbirth Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - In the years between 1990 and 2008, around the world, the rate of maternal mortality in childbirth has decreased by 34%. One cannot say the same unfortunately for Papua New Guinea, where it ...
• 28 April 2012
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Young people are ready for World Youth Day in Brazil OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Young people are ready for World Youth Day in Brazil Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - The young people of Papua New Guinea are excited and ready to participate in World Youth Day to be held in R ...
• 26 April 2012
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA-The Bishops: "No to priests who want to enter politics" Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - Priests have to be close to the people, help them in the process of human, spiritual, cultural, social growth, and help them grow in holiness, but no to priests who want to enter politics: ...
• 26 April 2012
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA-Campaign of the Pontifical Mission Societies of Australia for Ethiopia's population Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic Mission Australia has just launched its appeal for 2012 with the motto "I was hungry and you gave me food." The campaign will be spread to all Australian parishes over the next few month ...
• 20 April 2012
  OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - Innovative solution for the reconstruction of the Anglican church in Christchurch, still no decision for the Catholic Cathedral Wellington (Agenzia Fides) - In contrast to the Anglican church in Christchurch, destroyed by the severe earthquake on February 21, 2011 in the country (see Fides 02/23/2011), "the Catholic Cathedral was not totally demo ...
• 4 April 2012
  OCEANIA/FIJI ISLANDS -Deaths, thousands displaced, severe flooding: Tropical Depression brings down the Fiji to their knees Suva (Agenzia Fides) - At least seven peole have died, including a 3-year-old child, and almost 12 000 people displaced due to the flooding caused by the cyclone Daphne that hit the Fiji islands, in the South Pacific Acc ...