The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for the Archdiocese of Samoa-Apia will be dedicated 31 May. Announcing the dedication ceremony on the church TV, Archbishop Alapati Lui Mataeliga thanked the church members for their continuing support in building the church. Leading the list of overseas guests is the Popes representative in the Pacific, Archbishop Martin Read more
In 2012, a landslide from an ExxonMobil quarry in Papua New Guinea killed 27 people — a disaster ExxonMobil and the government of Papua New Guinea declared to be an act of God. Investigative journalists have now raised damning allegations about ExxonMobil’s role in a landslide near the company’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) site. An Read more
The Salesians through Salesian Missions, Australia, have funded the manufacture of drum ovens, tables and chairs for the victims of the recent floods in Solomon Islands. The machine fitting students at Don Bosco Technical Institute are making drum ovens for the most needy families in the Foxwood and Nalibiu area. The carpentry students will Read more
Archbishop Francesco Panfilo says the Catholic Bishops’ conference will be looking at ways it handles cases of sexual abuse. Panfilo is the Archbishop of the Rabaul archdiocese in Papua New Guinea. He speaking after, a now laicised priest, Philip Kelerea, was last month found guilty in the National Court in Kokopo of sexually abusing boys. Read more
On 15 April Pope Francis authorised the Congregation of the Causes of Saints to promulgate a decree regarding the heroic virtues of Bishop Alain-Marie Guynot de Boismenu, the second vicar apostolic of Papua New Guinea. This is the first step in the process that leads to sainthood. His cause was opened in 1984 and was forwarded Read more
Ratu Emeri, a Catholic primary school at Kubulau in Bua is the first primary school in Bua to engage its Year 1 to Year 3 students in the cadet program. Last week barefooted and with disposable medical gloves on their hands, the cadets were not phased by the lack of military garb as they put Read more
Pita Nacuva, the ousted Speaker of the House of Representatives has called Fijians to forgiveness. Nacuva was sworn in as the House of Representatives Speaker on Monday, June 5, 2006. And while he had little time to serve, he has forgiven those involved in the events of December 5, 2006, leading the removal of the Read more
For some time there has been speculation that a Trust associated with the Anglican Church is selling a large block of land at Natoavatu near Savusavu on Vanua Levu, Fiji to the Government of Kiribati. But an Anglican Church spokesman Jason Rhodes, speaking in Auckland said “The best I can establish is that there has Read more
The diocese of Alotau, in cooperation with the provincial and national government, will soon open a teachers’ college. Both parties signed a Memorandum of Agreement to this effect on 3 April. Alotau is the capital of Milne Bay Province, in the south-east of Papua New Guinea. It is located on the northern shore of Milne Bay. The Read more
Policy-makers in Papua New Guinea are drawing up a framework on how the death penalty might work there. The will soon submit the framework to Cabinet for discussion. The justice minister, Kerenga Kua, says members of government will debate the details of the policy once it is is written. He says the government will have the Read more