Oceania

• 24 November 2011
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA-The Bishops listen to an Aboriginal leader, "an agenda of hope" Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – Present the Australian Bishops, gathered for the Plenary Meeting, an "agenda of hope" for the future of the Aboriginal people of Australia: with this spirit Mick Gooda, Aboriginal and Social Ju ...
• 17 October 2011
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - "Aborigines and immigrants are the heart of the mission", says the Archbishop of Canberra Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The announcement of the Gospel to the Aborigines remains "the heart of the Church’s mission in Australia", which confides in the young and is now engaged in the difficult task of "humaniz ...
• 11 October 2011
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The mission "for the sanctity of the family", following the example of the Blessed Peter To Rot Rabaul (Agenzia Fides) - The family is called to be "domestic Church", a place where you breathe and live holiness: is the invitation of the Archbishop of Rabaul, His Exc. Mgr. Francesco Panfilo sdb, addressed to the fai ...
• 27 September 2011
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - A hundred years ago the Australian Province of the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart was born Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - The Congregation of the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart celebrates this year the centenary of the founding of the Australian Province. Also known as "OLSH Sisters" (Our Lady of the Sac ...
• 12 September 2011
  OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - Schools and parishes involved in the preparation for Mission October Wellington (Agenzia Fides) - The diocesan Directors of the Pontifical Mission of New Zealand have just concluded their annual meeting, held in Wellington, under the leadership of the National Director, Fr. Paul Shannahan ...
• 6 September 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - Formation of the new priests of the 21st century: opening of the Major Seminary school year in Si Chuan Cheng Du (Agenzia Fides) - The new school year of the Major Seminary in Si Chuan, was inaugurated this morning, Sept. 6, at 8:30 (local time). In line with the spirit that characterizes the life of the Seminar - "Total C ...
• 6 September 2011
  OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - One year after the first earthquake, the situation is still serious Christchurch (Agenzia Fides) - Three devastating earthquakes and more than 7 000 aftershocks continue to unsettle many residents in what is known as the "Garden City". September 4, was the first anniversary of the devast ...
• 30 August 2011
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA-Almost half of those enrolled in Catholic schools do not come from Catholic families Adelaide (Agenzia Fides) - According to a recent survey by Advertiser on AdelaideNow, about 20,000 of the 48,783 southern Australian students enrolled in Catholic schools do not belong to the Catholic Church: it is a fig ...
• 25 August 2011
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA-The demand for Catholic education in the country is increasing: 13 more schools are being projected Melbourne (Agenzia Fides) - To meet the increasing demand in the Australian region of Geelong, Victoria, 13 new Catholic schools will be built. The head of the Catholic Education Office of Melbourne said that there is th ...
• 24 August 2011
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - The Pontifical Mission Societies respond to the call to welcome and support unaccompanied refugee children Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Several Australian non-profit organizations have renewed their appeal in favour of refugee children in the country pending the court decision on their future destiny. According to the information ...
• 17 August 2011
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Resignation of the Archbishop of Rabaul and appointment of successor Vatican City (Fides Service) - Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Rabaul (Papua New Guinea), on behalf of His Excellency Most Reverend Mgr. Karl Hesse, MSC, in A ...
• 25 July 2011
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA-Presence, participation and co-responsibility of women in society and in the Church Sydney (Agenzia Fides) -Among the various Catholic groups which for some time have been engaged in the promotion of women at all levels, the Catholic Women's League Australia (CWLA) is an NGO that defends the dignity of ...
• 7 July 2011
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA-Appeal for the new state of Southern Sudan: hopes and anxiety about the future of this region Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, the Archbishop of Adelaide, Mgr.Philip Wilson, has asked to respond with a spirit of solidarity to the appeal launched by Caritas Aust ...
• 4 July 2011
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA-Shortage of priests: Mass every other Sunday for some parishes in the diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - In some Catholic parishes in the diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes, a suffragan of the archdiocese of Sydney, in the Australian Outback of New South Wales, Mass can be celebrated only once every two w ...
• 20 June 2011
  OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND-The "Garden City" continues to shake: it increases misery, thousands of cases of post-traumatic stress Christchurch (Fides Service) - "Small and large earthquakes, aftershocks as they are called, continue to hit Christchurch, the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand. After the last devastating earthquake record ...