Oceania

• 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 ...
• 4 March 2008
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Forming consciences, sharing, evangelizing: three years of Radio Bosco Honiara (Agenzia Fides) - “Radio Bosco” is young, yet very popular and loved among the people. The Catholic radio station of the Solomon Islands is celebrating its third anniversary and once again challenges people t ...
• 27 February 2008
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Caritas Australia and Solomon Islands providing aid to refugees following tsunami and earthquake of 2007 Honiara (Agenzia Fides) - In situations of natural disasters, there is always a need for projects to aid in the rehabilitation of affected areas, a need to rebuild and to return to normal life, for victims and refugees. ...
• 22 February 2008
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Increase in mutual aid and support for bringing students of poor countries to WYD Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - The solidarity between the youth in wealthy countries and those in poorer countries has always been a traditional characteristic of the World Youth Days. The pilgrims from the Northern Hemisphere ...
• 19 February 2008
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - New Marian Sanctuary, place for worship and pilgrimage, to increase devotion to the Virgin Mary in Oceania Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - The unity of a variety of tribes, languages, and Melanesian customs in Papua New Guinea under the sign of the Virgin Mary: this is the spirit of the Marian Sanctuary that is in its final ph ...
• 15 February 2008
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Indigenous Australians will participate in WYD, thanks contributions from youth of Sydney Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Indigenous Australians of the Tiwi Islands, located off the coast of Australia, will be able to attend the great event of World Youth Day, in July 2008 pilgrims after being partnered by three Syd ...
• 14 February 2008
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - “A prophetic moment in the history of our country”: Bishops, movements, and Catholic faithful of Australia applaud the government for its “apologies” to the aborigines Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - The day following the solemn celebration in which the Australian government presented its “formal apologies” to the aboriginal people for the “Stolen Generation” (see Fides 31/01/2008), a ...