The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands wants the university academic year to continue and has appealed to the Prime Minister to intervene. On July 5 the University of Papua New Guinea Council (UPNG) made a decision to terminate the 2016 academic year. The decision comes after more than six weeks of Read more
Say no to suicide and drugs.’ That was the theme of an event involving the Catholic Church from the Matagaluega Apia in Samoa last weekend. Groups from Matautu and Leonē, Saint Anthony, Vaimoso and Samalage and Aiga Paia took part. They took part in a dance and singing competition. But Father Losi Numia said the Read more
Toaipuapuagā Opapo the young Samoan woman reported to be to be a stigmatic has been writing messages in ancient Hebrew and Aramaic despite not having studied these languages. A report in Talamua a local newspaper include photographs of some of the messages. Some of the messages, appear to be similar to those found in the Read more
In some of these cases it’s very sad to note that during the recent cyclone people left disabled people, old people, left behind. The younger ones just take off and the old and disabled are forgotten so they are traumatised as a result of that and some of them sustained injuries and they lost their Read more
A gathering of several of the Solomon Islands’ most eminent church elders has given ‘in principle’ support to a Solomon Islands Visitors Bureau strategy designed to grow the destination’s appeal to international travelers looking to have their wedding overseas. Representatives at the meeting included the South Seas Evangelical Church, the Solomon Islands’ United Church, the Read more
The bishop of Bougainville, Bernard Unabali, has called on the people of Bougainville to see reconciliation as means for bringing peace and not just for political reasons. He said this during his speech at Teituno village in the Wisai area of Buin in south Bougainville while witnessing a reconciliation ceremony in May. The reconciliation saw Read more
The work to gather information and dialogue with parish leadership continues in the Archdiocese of Agana . Last week Archbishop Savio Hon Tai Fai, SDB announced visitations to the all the parishes in the Archdiocese. Hon has assigned five priests to conduct visitations to the parishes starting this month. Father Jeff San Nicolas, the archdiocese’s Read more
The Pacific Conference of Churches is backing a formal legal complaint to the UN Human Rights Council accusing Indonesia of human rights violations in West Papua. The Dutch human rights law firm, Prakken D’Oliveira, has submitted the complaint to the UN Human Rights Council. It details vast and continuing alleged human rights violations by the Read more
The archdiocese of Agana, under the direction of archbishop Anthony Apuron, indicated it would seek legal action against the archbishop’s accusers. The church now finds itself the target of a libel suit from the same individuals whose allegations it denied. On 3 July at the Superior Court of Guam four people, Roland Sondia, Walter Denton, Read more
Anglicans from around the world are gathering in Fiji this week for an international consultation on climate justice. The event is being organised by the Anglican mission agency United Society. Fijians are among the most vulnerable to climate change according to the website National Climate Justice. The seven-day consultation, Encountering God in the Storm is being held Read more