By Fr. Giorgio Licini Catholic Reporter   17 JAN 2014. The total buai (betel nut) ban in Port Moresby is going to remain in place, but not for ever. This was revealed this morning by officials from the National Capital District Commission (NCDC) at a youth seminar on social issues...

Silence Sickness PNG Blogs 26th Nov 2013 Recently on the Masalai Blog, former Prime Minister Mekere Morauta wrote a thought provoking article “No one is safe in PNG” (link: https://masalai.wordpress.com/2013/11/11/mekere-morauta-says-no-one-is-safe-in-png/).  Sir Mekere has noticed that nearly...

By Fr Franco Zocca SVD – Melanesian Institute “Christianity in Papua New Guinea has so far failed to eradicate the belief that malevolent sorcery and witchcraft is the cause of sickness, death and disasters.” This was a common observation at the recent Conference on “Sorcery and Witchcraft...

 By Fr Philip Gibbs SVD – CBC Social Concerns Whilst I appreciate many of the points made by Fr Franco Zocca SVD in his article “Science not Religion to defeat Sorcery”, I do not fully agree with his conclusions. I think the fact that Christian leaders in Papua New Guinea are divided on...

By Fr Roger Purcell MSC My work this year with the Catholic Church General Assembly (Madang, 5-11 Nov) has brought home more clearly to me the movement of renewal that is alive and well in the Church of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands (PNGSI). It is clear that this is not a recent happening or...

By Fr Ronnie Victoria - Alotau During the Year of Faith the diocese of Alotau focused on the Cross Pilgrimage to end with the Men Convention. The cross was entrusted to the Men Group to be brought all over the diocese to draw all people to Christ. In fact they brought the cross everywhere, only...

The PNG rural and traditional set up still exists and accommodates the majority of the people, but it’s being challenged by a growing trend of urbanization. Not only people move and settle in the city, but for those remaining in the village the “city” goes to their place. Investors and researchers,...

By Sr Irene Kuam MSI - Vanimo On 8 Dec. 2013 the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate (MSI – Pime) celebrated 25 years of presence at Watuluma, Milne Bay province and in Papua New Guinea. On 26 Oct. this year the first Grade 12 batch graduated from their Santa Maria Secondary School at Watuluma. In...

By Fr Martin We-en - Aitape Fifty-four 54 Papua New Guinea pilgrims, mostly mothers, travelled to the Holy Land  in late October and early November 2013 as the Year of Faith was coming to a close. Via Singapore and the Sri Lankan capital Colombo they arrived in Amman, Jordan where they crossed...

By Bishop Rolando Santos CM – Alotau The parish of Alotau celebrated the closing of the Year of Faith with three days of street preaching followed by the culmination Mass on the Solemnity of Christ the King on 24 November. The first day of preaching took place on Thursday, 21 November at the Top...