Oceania

• 27 November 2006
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - New appeal by Cardinal George Pell, before debate on stem cell bill Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - If the House of Representatives approves the stem cell bill this week the decision would “waste government money on unproductive research”, said Cardinal George Pell Archbishop of Sydney who ...
• 16 November 2006
  OCEANIA/TONGA - People ask the King for more democracy in the architecture and functioning of the state: riots in Tonga Nuku’alofa (Agenzia Fides) - The people of Tonga are asking for reforms. In the capital Nuku’alofa hundreds of people have taken part in demonstrations in front of the government buildings. The demonstrations became ...
• 6 November 2006
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Cloning is “an affront to human dignity” says Cardinal George Pell while parliament discusses proposed new therapeutic cloning laws Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - “Pro-cloners put scientific or commercial curiosity ahead of human life” said Cardinal George Pell, Archbishop of Sydney, with regard to proposed new therapeutic cloning laws being discussed ...
• 28 October 2006
  OCEANIA/ SOLOMON ISLANDS - Catholic Media Education produces “little film directors” Honiara (Agenzia Fides) - Around 35 people gathered at SIBC Conference Hall, on 21st October, 2006 for the 2006 Media Education Presentation for School students. Teachers, facilitators, animators and special guests join ...
• 24 October 2006
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - World Youth Day campaign: Canadian Bishop James Wingle arrives to take part in “Activ8” Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop James Wingle has come from Canada to take part in a campaign to promote World Youth Day 2008 to be held in Sydney. Bishop Wingle is Bishop of Saint Catholics diocese a suffragan of Toronto ...
• 23 October 2006
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - New Eparchy for Catholics of Chaldean Rite in Australia and New Zealand Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Benedict created a Chaldean Eparchy for Oceania, to care for Australian and New Zealand Catholics who follow the Chaldean Rite, with the title of "Saint Thomas Apostle of Sydney of the Chald ...
• 12 October 2006
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Drugs are not trendy they only lead to destruction.Youth campaign against drug abuse and diffusion of “ice” Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Taking drugs is not trendy or exciting, it does not make life better. It leads only to destruction and desperation: this is the slogan of a Campaign launched by Catholic youth in Australia to dis ...
• 11 October 2006
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Catholic Bishops of Australia : “No to new Bills which create a new contempt for life by: Creating embryos purely for the purpose of destruction” Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Cloning is an act of contempt for life and can neither be authorised nor regulated by law. This is the position of the Catholic Bishops of Australia expressed in a press statement titled “Human ...
• 10 October 2006
  OCEANIA/ SOLOMON ISLANDS - “We thank God for Creation and for Health”: latest issue of “Voice Katolika” focuses on harmonious relationship with man, nature and God Honiara (Agenzia Fides) - Being aware of the gifts we receive every day from God, health which allows man to live and go about his daily activity, creation, nature, the sun, the sea, the land. This and more is presented ...
• 9 October 2006
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Indigenous scholarships: Catholic archdiocese Sydney initiative of collaboration Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - The development and wellbeing of Aboriginal Australians passes by the delicate work of education, particularly for the future of the new generations: with this conviction the Catholic archdiocese ...
• 2 October 2006
  OCEANIA/ SOLOMON ISLANDS - “Rediscover your vocation!”: Seminar for Catholic teachers called to accompany students on a path of human, cultural and spiritual growth Honiara (Agenzia Fides) - More than 50 Catholic teachers took part in a formation Seminar at St. Joseph’s School in Tenaru organised jointly by the archdiocese of Honiara Solomons and the diocese of Sale, Australia. S ...
• 29 September 2006
  OCEANIA/ SOLOMON ISLANDS - Inter-diocesan workshops for Catholic Religious on appropriate relationships for celibate lives Honiara (Agenzia Fides) - Recently Catholic Religious in Solomons Islands attended a series of workshops for Religious Women and for Priests and Religious men on the issue of appropriate relationships for their celibate ...
• 27 September 2006
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - “The voice of Catholic education!”: National Catholic Education Commission Conference 27 - 29 September in Sydney Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Rethinking the duty and mission of the Catholic school in modern day Australia in a context ever more globalised and marked by many different religions and cultures: this is the theme of Nationa ...
• 26 September 2006
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Josephite Sister says plight of Indigenous Australians is most pressing social issue, united Catholic community must take action Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - “The level of Indigenous health is still appalling” Josephite Sr Katrina Brill said in a Social Justice Sunday call to Australian nuns to join forces on Indigenous issues. Sr Brill, a Sister ...
• 25 September 2006
  OCEANIA/ SOLOMON ISLANDS - “Our choice, our future”: happy Presentation Day at St. Joseph’s Catholic School, Tenaru Tenaru (Agenzia Fides) - ‘Our choice, our future’ was the theme for St. Joseph’s Catholic School, Tenaru graduation and presentation day. The school hall was filled with students, parents and friends who witnesse ...