Oceania

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  27 October 2020
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Missionary Month, a circle of friendship, closeness and support: "Do not be afraid to say yes to God" Bereina (Agenzia Fides) - "The missionary world has always attracted me from an early age, I was passionate about browsing through and reading missionary magazines. I remember the Missionary Month lived in the parish and ...
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  23 October 2020
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - More than 360 Catholic schools involved in the special Missionary Childhood Day Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - World Mission Day for children was celebrated by the Pontifical Mission Societies in Australia (Catholic Mission) with the initiative "Socktober Day": the initiative, which combines the term "soc ...
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  9 October 2020
  OCEANIA/FIJI ISLANDS - World Mission Sunday 2020: "I was evangelized by the poor" Suva (Agenzia Fides) - "In my missionary life, I discoverd that I was evangelized by the poor", said Sister Torika Wong, a citizen from Fiji, who served as a missionary in the Philippines in the Archdiocese of Davao, Mi ...
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  1 October 2020
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - In Rabaul inauguration mass for the first local Archbishop, descendant of Blessed ToRot Rabaul (Agenzia Fides) - "I thank God for the years passed and the pastoral experience in the dioceses of Bereina and Kavieng. I return to Rabaul as Jesus returned to Nazareth: here he was judged by the people for what h ...
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  26 September 2020
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - The Church in prayer for Migrant Day: "The pandemic must not distract us from the suffering of those who flee" Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - "The understandable focus on the COVID-19 pandemic must not distract people from another ongoing crisis. Migration is a major challenge for much of today’s world and a priority for the Catholic ...
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  17 September 2020
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Independence Day: the partnership between State and Church is the cornerstone for the foundation of the nation Boroko (Agenzia Fides) - "While we remember the freedom for which our founding fathers worked to bring our people and our nation where we are today, it is also important to recognize and respect our national Constitution ...
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  16 September 2020
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Towards World Mission Day: a thousand faces for mission Sydney - (Agenzia Fides) - A thousand faces for mission: with this spirit, which expresses the universality of the Church's mission and the call of all the baptized to be "sent" to proclaim and witness the Gospel, "Catho ...
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  5 September 2020
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Catholics engaged in prevention campaigns and health services, vital during the pandemic Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Papua New Guinea continues its commitment to offer prevention and awareness programs against Covid throughout the Country. Thanks to the support of the Secretariat of ...
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  4 September 2020
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Celebrating the Time of Creation with the awareness that when our world is sick, we also get sick Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - Every year from 1 September to 4 October the Christian family in the world gathers to celebrate the protection of our common home. "We rejoice in this Time of Creation which offers us the o ...
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  3 September 2020
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - "God is always ready to forgive": Day of penance and prayer celebrated Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - Symbolic objects to indicate peace and mutual forgiveness, such as banknotes attached to a twig; leaves of a specific tree planted as a sign of recovered trust; Areca nuts exchanged to repa ...
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  8 August 2020
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The bishop of Mendi urges everyone to observe together the first International Day against sorcery accusation violence Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - "Those who torture and kill women accused of sorcery are clearly guilty of the crime they are reporting", said Mgr. Donald Lippert, Bishop of Mendi, on recent episodes of violence against w ...
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  7 August 2020
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The health crisis jeopardizes the future of the most precarious populations Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - The crisis in the health sector in Papua New Guinea in recent months is worsening. Nurses and doctors from Catholic Health Services and Healthcare Facilities have reduced or stopped work co ...
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  30 July 2020
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - "In every place there is a need for a model of faith": Peter ToRot, apostle and lay missionary Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - "The life of Peter To Rot is an example of good seed, a firm rock, a commitment of faith and courage, especially during times of war and Japanese occupation. Courage is the strength of the ...
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  28 July 2020
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - "Living Life with Right Relationships": youth meeting on the values of Christian life Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - Relationships between human beings are the key to a happy existence and are also the cornerstone of the life of faith, which is made up of a vertical relationship (with God) and horizontal ...
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  25 July 2020
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Bishops of different confessions on Ayasofia: "Division is not the result of religious wisdom" Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - The decision to convert the monumental complex of Ayasofia in Istanbul into a mosque "risks sowing division in a world in search of common ground". This was stated by the president of the Catholi ...