By Fr. Garry Roche SVD - Mt. Hagen 17 OCT 2013. In a now famous interview to the editor in chief of the Italian Jesuit journal La Civilta’ Cattolica Pope Francis is cited as saying: “We cannot insist only on issues related to abortion, gay marriage and the use of contraceptive methods. This is...

Solomon Islands – Social Concerns… The editor recently spent time speaking with people about social concerns in Solomon Islands.  What did people say?  The most common concern is logging.  People see their trees being cut and the huge logs shipped away overseas, but they experience...

By Fr. Roger Purcell MSC 30 SEPT 2013. With the theme; “Empowering women in the Journey of Faith”, about 1000 women gathered at Vanimo, 22-29 September, 2013 from dioceses of Lae, Madang, Wewak, Aitape and Vanimo (Momase Region). The Bishop of Vanimo presided at the opening Eucharistic...

Theme for 2014 World Communication Day Message 30 SEPT 2013. The capacity to communicate is at the heart of what it means to be human. It is in and through our communication that we are able to meet and encounter at a meaningful level other people, express who we are, what we think and believe,...

20 SEPT 2013 By Sr. Helen Warman OLSH Secretary, Catholic Religious Women - Port Moresby Dear Editor, I feel strongly that the statement made by Fr. Victor Roche, SVD in the July issue of Catholic Reporter (and below on 1, 13 and 26 July, ndr.) calls for a response.  Father asks “Do the...

GOD TRIWAN Long Tok bilong God i kamap man na Maria i karim em Strongim hart bilong mipela. Helpim mipela long skelim gut olgeta mak bilong wokabaut bilong Yu wantaim mipela.   Jisas, Pikinini bilong God Yu yet, Yu ROT Tasol mipela i no bin bihainim Yu. Soim mipela rot bilong laik bilong...

Dia ol Brata na Susa, Mipela i selebretim Misin Sande long taim Yia bilong Bilip i laik pinis. Em i taim bilong strongim laip na sindaun bilong mipela wantaim Bikpela na wokabaut bilong Sios i save strong long autim Gutnius. Bilip em i presen bilong God. Em i opim tingting bilong mipela, bai...

By Kanik Wak - Divine Word University Student 25 SEPT 2013. Kanic Wak, a Final Year student at the Department of PNG Studies and International Relations – Divine Word University (Madang) recently submitted as his final paper “An Investigation into Sex Trade in Tertiary Institutions: A case study...

Statement of the Catholic Bishops of Papua New Guinea about Legislation concerning Ok Tedi Mining Limited (OTML) and PNG Sustainable Development Program   23 SEPT 2013. Were he alive today, would not the great Papua New Guinean from the Western Province, the late Ebia Olewale, be overcome by...

By Fr. Giorgio Licini - Catholic Reporter Once more the social media proved instrumental in getting wrong things straight. The barrage on Facebook and Twitter, to name the main advocates of public opinion nowadays, prompted their employers this morning to transfer the victims of the Black Cat Truck...