2013 was the year when the Fiji Constitution demands Fiji become a secular State. It was also the year when the churches spoke out the loudest.
The Catholic Church took a prominent position when Peter Chong became the new Archbishop and refocussed the Church.
Stressing the church could not only be a private affair but a public one, the Archbishop stressed the need to refocus on the true principles of Christian values, the principle of the family.
Archbishop Chong replaced Archbishop Emeritus Petero Mataca whose support for the government in its early days attracted criticism among the members.
The Roman Catholic Church, the second biggest Christian denomination in the country
The country’s biggest denomination, the Methodist Church, finally got to hold its annual conference, minus the annual bazaar and the infamous choir competition which the church has held over the last decades until 2006.
Once it had gone silent after being denied permits for meetings, the church has taken a turnaround and has become more vocal.
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