6 September 2024
OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - “Our people are united by faith thanks to the missionaries.” Interview with John Ribat, M.S.C., Archbishop of Port Moresby
by Fabio Beretta
Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - The role of missionaries among the tribes, the work of the local Church in following the teachings of the Gospel and feel part of the universal Church, the joy and enth ...
5 September 2024
APOSTOLIC JOURNEY - Pope Francis in Indonesia: excerpts from the speech in the mosque
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "In the face of today’s many challenges, we respond with the sign of fraternity." The third and final day of Pope Francis' stay in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia and the first stop on his A ...
5 September 2024
ASIA/INDONESIA - The history of Catholic Missions in the Indonesian Archipelago
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - In the history of the mission of the Catholic Church in Indonesia, for two centuries (1605-1807) there was no Catholic priest or missionary on the thousands of islands of the archipelago, where ...
5 September 2024
APOSTOLIC JOURNEY - Pope Francis in Indonesia: excerpts from the homily during the Holy Mass at Jakarta Stadium
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The first stage of Pope Francis' long Apostolic Journey to Asia and Oceania ended with a Mass at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta. At 4:00 p.m. local time (11:00 a.m. Rome time), the Pope l ...
4 September 2024
APOSTOLIC JOURNEY - Pope in Indonesia: excerpts from the address to the civil authorities and the Diplomatic Corps
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The Apostolic Journey of Pope Francis to Asia and Oceania is now in full swing. After a "rest day" at the Nunciature, the Pope celebrated a private Mass this morning. He then drove to the Presid ...
4 September 2024
APOSTOLIC JOURNEY - Pope Francis in Indonesia: excerpts from the address to bishops, priests, religious and catechists
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "Faith, fraternity, compassion". These three words, which are the motto of this Apostolic Visit, are the focus of Pope Francis' entire speech in the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in Ja ...
3 September 2024
ASIA/INDONESIA - Indonesian Catholics: “Children of Saint Francis Xavier”
by Paolo Affatato
Denpasar (Agenzia Fides) - Many visitors and tourists in Bali, the Indonesian island popular with tourists from all over the world for its attractions, also stop at the Catholic church dedicated to S ...
3 September 2024
Pope Francis’s trip to ‘Southeast Asia’ and the mission of the Church today
by Gianni Valente
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - With the arrival in Jakarta of the flight that took off from Rome, Pope Francis' 45th international apostolic journey has begun. The Bishop of Rome, at almost 88 years of age, ...
2 September 2024
Pope Francis Enforcing Four Principles for Social Harmony During Asia-Pacific Apostolic Mission
by Victor Gaetan*
Rome (Fides News Agency) - Pope Francis’s ambitious 4-country pilgrimage, September 2-13, will include countless, colorful encounters as young countries greet the pontiff and he, in turn, ...
2 September 2024
ASIA/INDONESIA - Contemplative nuns in Indonesia accompany Pope Francis' trip with Adoration
Ruteng (Agenzia Fides) - At the Monastery of the Adoration of the Holy Trinity, on the slopes of Kuwu, on the outskirts of the city of Ruteng, on the Indonesian island of Flores, Eucharistic adoration is permanent and pr ...
2 September 2024
ASIA/INDONESIA - The enthusiasm of hundreds of young lay volunteers, together with the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, await the arrival of Pope Francis
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis is about to begin his trip to Indonesia, where he will stay from 3 to 6 September 2024, marking the first stage of his tour of the Asia-Pacific region, which also includes visits to ...
31 August 2024
ASIA/INDONESIA - A priest from Jakarta and his flock: “We live the joy of the Gospel that Francis brings us”
Jakarta (Fides News Agency) - "The figure is joy, contentment, cheer". Father Justin Solistiadi, 60-year-old vice-parish priest in the parish of Saint John Mary Vianney in the east of the capital, Jakarta, told Fides New ...
30 August 2024
ASIA/INDONESIA - Media attention and Indonesian books (of Muslim authorship as well) dedicated to the Pope; the special commitment of the Kompas group
by Paolo Affatato
Jakarta (Fides News Agency) - Indonesia's mass media are preparing for the Pope's visit as attention increases within the realm of culture and among the entire population for the pontiff's presence ...
28 August 2024
ASIA/INDONESIA - Those priests born of Muslim mothers: interreligious families, the Indonesian figure
by Paolo Affatato
Jakarta (Fides News Agency) – Recounting the feast for his episcopal ordination, Ciprianus Hormat, bishop of Ruteng - on the Indonesian island of Flores - mentions, almost en passant, the wide and ...
27 August 2024
Cardinal Tagle: the Pope's journey to Asia and Oceania is an "act of humility and obedience to the mission"
by Gianni Valente and Fabio Beretta
Rome (Fides News Agency) - Four nations in two continents, for a total of almost 40 thousand kilometers to cover. The papal plane will take off from Fiumicino airport on September ...
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