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Pope’s number two to join assembly of Oceania bishops in PNG next month Comments 0

Monday, March 19th, 2018

Cardinal Parolin, the Vatican’s Secretary of State, is going to attend a meeting of Oceania bishops. He will be at the Federation of Catholic Bishops Conferences of Oceania(FCBCO) Plenary Assembly in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, in April. “We are delighted that Cardinal Parolin, the Secretary of State at the Vatican, will be with us,” Read more

Tags: Bishops of Oceania, Cardinal Parolin, Federation of Catholic Bishops Conferences of Oceania
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Oceania’s Anglican leaders tackle climate change and gender-based violence Comments 0

Thursday, March 15th, 2018

Oceania’s Anglican leaders in the region have committed themselves “to take concrete action, to be champions and advocates, and to support each other” in the fight against climate change and gender-based violence. The primates and general secretaries of the Anglican Church in Australia, the Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea, the Anglican Church of Melanesia, Read more

Tags: Anglican, Anglican Church of Melanesia, Bishops of Oceania, Climate Change, Gender based violence
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Archbishop John Ribat is named PNG’s first Cardinal Comments 0

Tuesday, October 11th, 2016

The archbishop of Port Moresby, Sir John Ribat, is one of 17 new Cardinals named by Pope Francis. Ribat said the appointment came as a surprise as he never thought nor dreamt of it. “If it is the will of God, then may he give me his grace and strength to fulfil this course and carry Read more

Tags: Archbishop Ribat, Bishops of Oceania, Cardinal John Dew, new cardinals
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New painting of Suzanne Aubert Comments 0

Tuesday, June 10th, 2014

An iconic painting of a youthful Suzanne Aubert was unveiled last month at a gathering of more than 80 Bishops of Oceania at the Home of Compassion in Island Bay, Wellington. ‘This painting is a wonderful depiction of the youthful Suzanne Aubert as she would have been at the height of her ministry,’ says congregational Read more

Tags: Bishops of Oceania, Daughters of Our Lady of Compassion, Studio of St John the Baptist, Suzanne Aubert
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Archbishop Ribat elected President of Conference Federation Comments 0

Tuesday, May 20th, 2014

The Bishops of  the Federation of Bishops’ Conferences of Oceania have elected  Archbishop John Ribat of Port Moresby as President of their Conference Federation, and the Vice President is Bishop Robert McGuckin of Toowoomba. There were 82 Bishops from Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, the countries of the Pacific, and Australia and New Zealand  in Read more

Tags: Bishops of Oceania, Catholic Bishops, Catholic Church, John Ribat
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Federation of Oceania Bishops meet in New Caledonia Comments 0

Tuesday, August 28th, 2012

The Episcopal Council of the Federation of Oceania Bishops has been meeting in Paita, New Caledonia. The Council, made up of eight Bishops, met to prepare for the General Assembly of the Federation of Episcopal Conferences of Oceania to be held in Wellington, New Zealand, in 2014. The Bishops looked at ways to prepare the different Catholic communities in Oceania Read more

Tags: Bishops of Oceania, New Evangelisation, Year of Faith
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