The Concerned Catholics of Guam (CCOG) is preparing to take legal action against Archbishop Anthony Apuron if he maintains status quo on deeding of the Redemptoris Mater Seminary in Yona. Before taking him to court, however, CCOG says they want to give the Archbishop a chance to”set things right.” The controversy surrounding the Redemptoris Mater Read more
Rather than point the finger at Australia, New Zealand needs to clean up its own act. Each year hundreds of mainly Pasifika families are putting their trust in the wrong people and it was costing them dearly, an immigration lawyer says. Richard Small’s comments come after a Tongan family he represented won a last-ditch appeal Read more
The Archbishop of Suva, Peter Loy Chong, says people need to ask themselves, what are the free schemes such as bus fares and school fees doing to them. Chong said members of the community should see whether the assistance empowered them and made them independent. “We need to ask ourselves, what is the free scheme such Read more
AN estimated one-third of the population of Papua New Guinea is now suffering in from the country’s worst drought this century and experts predict El Nino’s influence will carry on until March next year. The Red Cross in Papua New Guinea says drought-resistant crops and food supplies are desperately needed in the drought-affected Highlands. The Read more
The meetings and the work of the Synod of Bishops have slowly contributed to the dissolving of “our Euro-centric vision not only of the world but also of the Church”, said Cardinal Vincent Nichols. He used his address at the commemoration of the 50 anniversary of the Synod of Bishops last month to praise the Read more
The prime minister of Fiji Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama says New Zealand and Australia are bad neighbours. He says they are putting their own economic interests ahead of the need to protect Pacific Island nations from the effect of climate change. “I won’t be going to Paris wearing the usual friendly, compliant Pacific smile,” warned Bainimarama. Read more
The Archbishop of Suva Peter Loy Chong said that in some places parishes rather than schools will have to teach religion to the young. He said the inclusion of religious education in schools continues to raise debates in certain quarters within the education system. Chong was speaking during his recent visit to a Napuka Secondary Read more
Catholic leaders in Indonesia have welcomed an announcement that the government will review religion laws that critics say restricts constitutional protections to religious freedoms. “The most important thing is that freedom of religion and of worship guaranteed in the constitution must not be narrowed with regulations that can create problems,” Father Guido Suprapto, the Indonesian Read more
The Archbishop of Suva Peter Loy Chong says Pacific Island countries are known for their vast church buildings. “Throughout the Pacific, we see churches and in Samoa, they can have two in one village, so it shows something and that is the hunger for God in probably third world countries,” he said. “It also shows Read more
The parish of San Isidro Church, in Sinapalo on the Island of Rota in the Northern Marianas, is reported to be in uproar after learning that their 97 year old parish priest Monsignor Luis Antonelli will be relieved of most pastoral and administrative duties by Nov. 29. Antonelli has served the people of Rota for over 42 Read more