About five hundred students, staff and visitors packed the DWU Chapel in Madang for the Easter Vigil celebration on 19th April. It was the highlight of an intense three day commemoration of the Passion, Death and Resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ which also saw the PNG Highland students...

By Paul Petrus Mt. Hagen Archdiocese Actions speak louder than words in most of Papua New Guinea Culture. It is customary that when a person does something good, words do not express fully the appreciation. One has to reciprocate with actions. A common practice is the idea of saying thank you with...

This year my thoughts turn to a passage from the New Testament that forms part of every Easter Vigil, St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans, chapter 6, verses 3-11. In the liturgy of the Eater Vigil, several readingsfromthe Old Testament take us through the history of our salvation, from the creation,...

9th April, Henderson: A group of Guadalcanal displaced victims, from the Foxwood area were welcomed and have now been given a place at Don Bosco Technical Institute, Henderson.  The gymnasium, normally used for school assemblies, games and other functions has now become the home for 194...

By Fr Giorgio Licini – Catholic Reporter PNG The Manus refugees all come from very troubled countries (Iraq, Afghanistan, Sudan…). Ninety per cent of them are certainly genuine political refugees. The governments of Papua New Guinea and Australia will try to prove otherwise and take them back their...

Dear Archbishops/Bishops, Clergy, Religious and Laity, The population control and contraception people are hard at work in PNG.  Aided by the Government and local politicians, a population control and contraception organization named Marie Stopes is moving into more and more...

 I hope this attachment helps you to understand our situation here in Honiara, thank you for your concern. Please keep us in your prayers. Easter is our hope. In Christ, + Adrian Smith sm Archbishop of Honiara Dear All, It is Sunday Afternoon April 6th and I want to thank you for your concern...

UN to analyse Human Rights, Humanitarian Law Post-Courier, 28 February 2014 The United Nations in Papua New Guinea announced yesterday that there will be a mandated analysis on the international human rights and humanitarian law standards related to the right life issues in the country. From...

By Fr Giorgio Licini Catholic Reporter PNG The General Secretary of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands (CBC), Fr Victor Roche SVD recently visited the centre for asylum seekers set up by Australia and Papua New Guinea in Manus Island. Here he answers a few...

By Fr Giorgio Licini Catholic Reporter PNG The brutal murder of DWU student Nigel Laki on Friday afternoon in the streets of Madang is something with the power of shocking the community and shaking the nation. First hour rumors blame settlement youth; but police are still investigating and some say...