Oceania

• 7 July 2025
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Appointment of the Bishop of Wabag Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Leo XIV appointed Justin Ain Soongie, the former Auxiliary Bishop and Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Wabag, as the new Bishop of the Diocese of Wabag (Papua New Guinea) and ...
• 7 July 2025
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Resignation and appointment of the Bishop of Alotau-Sideia Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Alotau-Sideia (Papua New Guinea), presented by His Exc. Msgr. Rolando Crisostomo Santos, C.M. The Holy ...
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  28 June 2025
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Jubilee for Children in Tetere: “On their way to Jesus” Tetere (Agenzia Fides) – Salesian missionaries working in the Solomon Islands have chosen to explain to children what the Jubilee is, the rites associated with the Holy Year, and how to make a pilgrimage to obtain the ...
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  20 June 2025
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Accusations of witchcraft and violence in society: Caritas' commitment to combating them Kundiawa (Agenzia Fides) – In the province of Simbu, in Papua New Guinea, so-called violence related to accusations of witchcraft represents one of the most serious and horrific forms of aggression between families and ...
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  15 June 2025
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Peter To Rot, the “mission boy” will be proclaimed a saint by Javier Trapero Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) – Blessed Martyr Peter To Rot will be canonised on October 19, 2025. His sainthood is the fruit of close cooperation between priests and laity in the evangelising task ...
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  14 June 2025
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - PMS Director: “The canonization of To Rot demonstrates that the sacrifice of missionaries continues to bear fruit” Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) – The canonization of Peter To Rot, the first Saint of Papua New Guinea, represents “a moment of joy and pride for all missionaries” in Oceania, as it confirms that “their sacrifice, ...
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  13 June 2025
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Peter ToRot will be canonized on October 19, the vice-postulator: "He is the Saint the Church needs in these times" by Fabio Beretta Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - Peter ToRot, the first Saint of Papua New Guinea (see Fides, 31/3/2025), will be canonized on October 19, 2025, the Sunday during which the 99th World Mission Day will ...
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  16 May 2025
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - A Bishop: "We must disarm hearts and hands in the province of Enga" Wabag (Agenzia Fides) - "Tribal conflicts are deeply rooted in the remote province of Enga, Papua New Guinea. In the past, fighting was the final word in resolving conflicts, mainly territorial ones," Father Giorgio Lici ...
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  12 May 2025
  OCEANIA/FRENCH POLYNESIA - On the other side of the world, in the heart of the immense Pacific: Welcome Pope Leo XIV by Sandro Lafranconi* Huahine (Agenzia Fides) - At 6:45 p.m. on Thursday, May 8, in Italy, here, on the other side of the world, in the heart of the immense Pacific, it was 6:45 a.m. Like every day, I turned on the I ...
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  5 May 2025
  OCEANIA/FRENCH POLYNESIA - 1995 - 2025: Parish church in Bora Bora celebrates 30th anniversary Bora Bora (Agenzia Fides) - "In the parish church, where people have been meeting for 30 years, gestures and signs that invite unity find meaning, becoming a proclamation of hope. To proclaim the Gospel," Father Sandro L ...
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  25 April 2025
  OCEANIA/FRENCH POLYNESIA - Raromatai Islands: Church bells ring for the death of Pope Francis Bora Bora (Fides Agency ) - “An hour after the Vatican's official announcement, the long tolling of bells in Raromatai announced the death of Pope Francis.The bells of the jubilee church of St. Andrew in Raiatea, the H ...
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  5 April 2025
  OCEANIA - Debt crisis in the Pacific: Jubilee Year campaign aims to provide relief Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - "Fiji, Papua New Guinea, and Samoa are Pacific countries at risk of experiencing the worst consequences of internal and external debt. The Caritas Internationalis Jubilee campaign, 'Transfo ...
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  31 March 2025
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Catechist and martyr Peter To Rot will be Papua New Guinea's first Saint Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis has authorized the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints to publish the decree for the canonization of catechist and martyr Peter To Rot, who will thus become the first Saint from ...
• 18 March 2025
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Resignation and succession of metropolitan archbishop of Mount Hagen Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea, presented by Archbishop Douglas William Young, S.V.D. ...
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  22 February 2025
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - The first intercontinental meeting of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Asia and Oceania is currently taking place in Sydney Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - For the first time, representatives of the National Directions of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Asia and Oceania are meeting for an intercontinental meeting. The meeting, which is currently ...