Catholic education experts in Indonesia are drafting what they say are new school guidelines to counter growing intolerance and radicalism in classrooms. Father Vinsensius Darmin Mbula, chairman of the National Council of Catholic Education says diversity, pluralism and tolerance need to be taught to children in the family and in school. He said advice would Read more
Vanuatu’s new president Tallis Obed Moses says there is only one religion in the republic and it is Christianity. He said the country’s motto of ‘Long God Yumi Stanap’ simply meant that Vanuatu is a Christian nation. RNZ correspondent said Moses’s stance it falls into line with the Vanuatu Christian Council’s position that the freedom of Read more
“I think that it would be a disaster if Archbishop Apuron were to return as the bishop of record,” Archbishop Byrnes said during a news briefing on July 6. Byrnes said that he learned from the Notary of Canonical Tribunal in the Vatican that “the discovery period of the trial has ended” and the three Read more
A Tongan man has taken photographs and a video of what he considers to be a divine apparition. The apparition appeared in the clouds in the shape of Our Lady, but unlike the other clouds, it retained its form for some time. It also glowed more brightly than the other clouds. Look at the video
Doug Tennent who was deported to New Zealand on 12 June says he has intends to get back to Papua New Guinea (PNG) as soon as he can. A new visa application to re-enter Papua New Guinea has been filed, which he hoped would be granted shortly. On Friday the in the Kokopo National Court Read more
The 175th Anniversary of the Catholic Church in Tonga was celebrated with a mass led by Cardinal Soane Patita Paini Mafi at Pangaimotu Island. At this site a white cross that marks the place where the first mass celebrated in Tonga took place on 2 July 1842. Pangaimotu is a small island in the Tongatapu Read more
The Cook Islands’ government has given a handout of $US360,000 to the Catholic church to rebuild a college and secure land on which a lease is about to expire. Some criticised the government for spending large amounts of money helping churches, suggesting there are greater priority areas. Continue reading
Two activists who fought for compensation for the victims of nuclear testing were commemorated on Monday in Papeete as Tahiti marks the 51st anniversary of France’s first nuclear weapons test in the Pacific. A Mass for the victims of radiation was followed by a meeting in the afternoon to also remember the two activists who Read more
Catholics from Christmas Island have been in Fiji for the first time to rekindle their kinship with the assistant parish priest at Lomary Parish Father Peniata Bakatete, a Christmas Islander who has been in Fiji since 2008. Bakatete Koririntetaake, who comes from Christmas Island and lived in Fiji for some time, said the group had Read more
The people of Vanuatu showed their love for President Baldwin Lonsdale who died on 17 June by turning out in their thousands for his funeral and procession to the airport. His sudden death was as a result of a heart attack. He was 67. Lonsdale, who served as president from 22 September 2014 until he Read more