Oceania

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  24 June 2020
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - New evangelization: "Kerygma Program" presented Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - "We must strengthen our Catholic faith and prepare lay people, priests and religious to be new evangelizers", said Father Victor Roche svd, Secretary of the Commission for New Evangelizatio ...
• 19 June 2020
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Resignation of the Archbishop of Rabaul and appointment of the new Archbishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the archdiocese of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, presented by Archbishop Francesco Panfilo, S.D.B. The Pope has appointed ...
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  19 June 2020
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - "Each Salesian must feel 'one' with the people": 40 years of religious presence Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - "Araimiri remains the place where the first missionaries planted the Salesian charism on Melanesian soil", writes Fr. Ambrose Pereira, SDB, Director of the Communications Office of the Epis ...
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  13 June 2020
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - The Pontifical Mission Societies: "The proclamation of joy of the Gospel is the mission of the Church in the world" Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - "The Holy Father’s message is a message of great encouragement, because it invites us to welcome and share the joy of the Gospel. Its message of salvation and the gift of faith bring us the gif ...
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  8 June 2020
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Respect and protection of the environment: the Bishops together for World Day Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - Awareness for the protection of the environment, care for the common home in light of Pope Francis' encyclical 'Laudato Sì', individual initiatives on a practical level to support the prot ...
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  6 June 2020
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Young people committed to environmental protection, in harmony with Laudato Sì Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - A day of awareness and action, dedicated to the care of the "common home", the protection of environment and the critical use of the mass media: this is the initiative experienced by the yo ...
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  4 June 2020
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The diocesan center of Bougainville transformed into a quarantine reception facility Bougainville (Agenzia Fides) - After 8 cases of coronavirus infections registered in Papua New Guinea, all healed, the local Church continues to carry out preventive measures in favor of the population. Among these, Fr. ...
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  29 May 2020
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The young students of the Don Bosco Technical School invite peers to trust in God to overcome any difficulty Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - Positivity, trust, sharing, hope are some key points on which a group of students from the Don Bosco Technical School, Gabutu, confronted each other during the "Chat Room" program, of the T ...
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  26 May 2020
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The entrustment of the nation under the mantle of Mary Help of Christians amid the pandemic Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - The feast of St Mary Help of Christians was an opportunity to entrust Papua New Guinea to the Lord and place it under the loving mantle of the Mother of God, in the difficult time of the pa ...
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  18 May 2020
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Catholics do not believe in magic: the commitment to eradicate the violent practices of superstition Bereina (Agenzia Fides) - "The police rescued two women while a crowd of five hundred people watched them being tortured, stabbed and burned with iron bars. A few weeks ago this news was on the front page of the national ...
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  15 May 2020
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Schools reopen after lockdown Bereina (Agenzia Fides) - The gate of the Jesus Good Shepherd Primary School has reopened. After a few weeks of lockdown in Papua due to the Covid-19 emergency, children return to class. "Thank God, only 8 infected cases ...
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  13 May 2020
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The State and Churches united in fighting the emergency of Covid-19 Bereina (Agenzia Fides) - In Papua New Guinea the State and Christian Churches, civil and ecclesial institutions and are united to defeat the Covid-19 pandemic: as Sister Nguyet Vu missionary of the Cavanis Ges Good Shep ...
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  11 May 2020
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - The Pontifical Mission Societies: #WeAreStillHere campaign to support the PMS Fund for Covid-19 Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church is called to heed to Pope Francis' appeal to respond and use its resources and networks, reflecting on the economic and social consequences of the pandemic. The Church can offer itsel ...
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  7 May 2020
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Christ present in the Word and in charity is rediscovered in times of pandemic Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - "Without Sunday Mass, without the Eucharist, meeting at home with one’s families in prayer has led us to reflect with a new vision. We are experiencing what is 'normal' in the most remote ...
• 7 May 2020
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Fr. Victor Roche, SVD Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 1, 2020 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr. Victor Roche, SVD National Director of the Pontifical Mission Socie ...