Oceania

• 17 July 2008
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - A fanfare of youth, song, and colors greet the Pope in Sydney Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – A spectacular crowd of youth from all over the world displaying an array of cultures, music, colors, hymns, and flags welcomed Benedict XVI in Sydney, where he has officially begun his program ...
• 16 July 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - In the Year of Saint Paul, the Missionary Congress in Bangalore is held to spread missionary awareness in every parish and community Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) – After participating in the Missionary Congress held in Karnataka (in southwestern India) held in November 2007, the Archdiocese of Bangalore is preparing to celebrate their own Missionary Co ...
• 16 July 2008
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - WYD begins with Cardinal George Pell’s appeal to the youth: “Be open to the power of the Spirit.” Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – The great crowd of young pilgrims participating in the 23rd World Youth Day (nearly 150,000 people) were present at the celebration of the Opening Mass for the event, that for an entire week wi ...
• 16 July 2008
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - “We need to keep the youth from contracting AIDS, not lead them into promiscuity:” the Bishop of Vanimo shares his concerns with Agenzia Fides Vanimo (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Cesare Bonivento, PIME missionary and Bishop of Vanimo (Papua New Guinea) is deeply concerned. While many of the youth of Papua New Guinea are living the extraordinary experience of Worl ...
• 15 July 2008
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - New “Mamma Margherita” house for the Salesian Sisters, at the service of the youth Honiara (Agenzia Fides) - Named after the mother of Saint John Bosco, “Mamma Margherita” is the new home to the Salesian Sisters (Daughters of Mary Help of Christians) that was recently inaugurated and blessed in the ...
• 15 July 2008
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Cardinal George Pell on the eve of WYD: focusing on the family, to give the youth hope Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – For youth with wholesome values and ideals, with a sense of responsibility, what is needed is that society foster the proper conditions for the harmonious growth and development of the family, ...
• 14 July 2008
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - 48 youth pilgrims from the small island of Wallis sing of their missionary enthusiasm at WYD Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – A lively group of 48 Polynesian youth have arrived on pilgrimage to World Youth Day from the small island of Wallis, of the Islands of Wallis and Futuna, located in the South Pacific, between F ...
• 11 July 2008
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - The Church’s contribution in the fight against AIDS, at the service of the youth Honiara (Agenzia Fides) - It is a fight that mainly affects the youth, the nation’s future: the fight against AIDS is one of the topics on the agenda for the government in the Solomon Islands. The political, social, an ...
• 10 July 2008
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - “World Youth Day will be a great opportunity and a response to the youth’s interrogatives” - Interview with Cardinal George Pell, Archbishop of Sydney, as he prepares to welcome the world’s youth Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – “In my country, the Church is having to face different situations and issues,” said Cardinal George Pell, Archbishop of Sydney, the host city of World Youth Day 2008, in explaining the situ ...
• 10 July 2008
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - For 410 youth from the Solomon Islands, their dream of living WYD is coming true, in the spirit of Saint Paul Honiara (Agenzia Fides) – It’s a dream come true: for 410 youth from the Solomon Islands participating in the upcoming World Youth Day in Sydney, this is an important step, one lived with expectation, enthusiasm, hop ...
• 9 July 2008
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - The Catholic Church is still the largest religious community in the country: WYD is a great evangelization opportunity Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - With 27.56% of the Australian population being Catholic, the Church is still the largest religious community in the country. This is what a statement sent from the Church in Australia to Agenzia ...
• 8 July 2008
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - “Come Holy Spirit: my hopes for WYD”: Letter from Bishop Kevin Manning of Parramatta Parramatta (Agenzia Fides) - "Holy Spirit pour out your grace on this great south land of the Holy Spirit, grant to us a new Pentecost. Make of this land a true place of welcome for the young people of the world, grant t ...
• 3 July 2008
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Work begins in Sydney on another Neo Catechumen Way Redemptoris Mater Seminary Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday 29 June Cardinal George Pell, Archbishop of Sydney, laid the foundation stone for another Redemptoris Mater Seminary which the Neo Catechumen Way are building on Chester Hill, in the ...
• 2 July 2008
  OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - Over 10,000 enthusiastic young Kiwis ready for World Youth Day Wellington (Agenzia Fides) – Over 10,000 young Kiwis as New Zealanders call themselves, can't wait for WYD in Sydney. This is an unexpectedly high number seeing that only about 100 pilgrims managed to take part in prev ...
• 1 July 2008
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - At the start of World Youth Day 2008, Ignatian Programme of prayer and service of others for young participants Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – From 15 to 20 July at the start of World Youth Day in Sydney Some 2,000 young people aged 18 to 30 from 26 different countries will take part in an Ignatian Programme of prayer and service of ...