Oceania

• 22 April 2008
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - WYD programming continues: Catechesis themes and official patrons announced Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - The WYD organizing team is wrapping up the final schedule for the event that will make Sydney the focus of the world’s attention in July. The organizing committee has released the themes and ac ...
• 15 April 2008
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - “It is completely immoral to be diverting food stocks to fuel when people are starving!”: Caritas’ commitment to fighting the Asian food crisis Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - The international institutions making appeals for the fight against the food crisis that is dealing a low blow to many Asian countries- with the soaring costs of basic food products like rice and ...
• 14 April 2008
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Youth from Laos at WYD: a great sign of hope Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - The participation of youth from Laos is a great sign of hope for the universal Church and a sign of vitality for the smaller Churches throughout the world that live in communion and are ready to ...
• 10 April 2008
  OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - The PMS in New Zealand help the Church in Papua New Guinea Vanimo (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Mission Societies in New Zealand confirmed their support for the growth of the Church in Papua New Guinea, in an encounter that took place recently in Port Moresby, attended by fou ...
• 8 April 2008
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - An Easter launch towards evangelization Auki (Agenzia Fides) - Easter celebrations on Auki Island, part of the chain of the Solomon Islands, were characterized by a launch towards the proclamation of the Christian message and evangelization. Many local Catholi ...
• 8 April 2008
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Australia is ready for WYD 2008! Rome (Agenzia Fides) - 225,000 people are now expected to attend the 23rd World Youth Day in Sydney. In a press conference held in Rome on April 7, the Australian Ambassadors to Italy and to the Holy See announced that � ...
• 7 April 2008
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - WYD is steadily approaching and 4,000 volunteers are still needed Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - The Organizing Committee of WYD in Sydney has launched a campaign in search of 4,000 more volunteers from around the world. Invoking “the spirit of service and donation towards one’s neighbor ...
• 3 April 2008
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Catholic and Anglican dioceses make history with ecumenical pact Broken Bay (Agenzia Fides) - Forget the divisions of the past and build a future of cooperation and collaboration in a spirit of genuine fraternity, charity and solidarity: in this spirit three dioceses in Australian rec ...
• 2 April 2008
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - New community of consecrated laity in Broken Bay Broken Bay (Agenzia Fides) - New religious and lay communities are springing up in the Australian Church; evidence of this is the new community of lay consecrated women that has been officially announced in the Diocese o ...
• 27 March 2008
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - WYD, the great international pilgrimage, approaches - an extraordinary experience of communion with God and with the Church Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Last Palm Sunday, youth from all the diocese of the world have made efforts to promote the international event of WYD in Sydney among their peers, as the dates grow closer and closer. Organizers ...
• 26 March 2008
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Catholics working on various levels to respect the environment and protect creation Canberra (Agenzia Fides) - The first necessary activity in caring for the environment is to create awareness among the people and educate each person on respect for creation, energy usage and how to avoid waste. With thi ...
• 14 March 2008
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Pontifical Mission Societies launch a new interactive website for youth missionaries Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Mission Societies will launch a new interactive website in April. The project is an effort to include young people and make them aware of the mission, using new tools and modern in ...
• 11 March 2008
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Encounter of Bishops and leaders of the Eastern Rite Catholic Churches in Oceania Canberra (Agenzia Fides) - Bishops and leaders of the Eastern Rite Catholic communities in Australia recently met in order to establish stronger ties of communion and cooperation. The Church in Australia (with about 5.1 ...
• 10 March 2008
  OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - Caritas New Zealand comes to the aid of African countries in need ...
• 7 March 2008
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Renewed strength for the Jesuit mission in Oceania Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - With the appointment of Australian Jesuit Fr. Mark Raper as President of the Jesuit Conference for East Asia and Oceania, the Company of Jesus is looking to give a “boost” to the evangelizing ...