Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - This year the celebration of World Mission Sunday has a very special meaning as it coincides with the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council, with its decree Ad Gentes, the opening of the Year of Faith and the Synod of Bishops on the theme of...

By John Atcherley Dew Archbishop of Wellington, New Zeland Report exposed during the Synod on the New Evangelization (Rome, 7-28 October, 2012): 1. Here in this Aula, at the Synod for Oceania 1998, Father Timothy Radcliffe, then Prior General of the Dominicans coined the beautiful phrase...

VATICAN CITY, 25 JAN 2012 (VIS) - Made public today was the Pope's Message for World Mission Day, which falls this year on Sunday 21 October. The theme of the document is: "Called to radiate the word of truth". Extracts of the message are given below. "This year the celebration of World Mission...

By Fr. Srimal Priyanga SDB What better opportunity is there to deepen our knowledge and understanding of the key themes of our faith than now! This is the Year of Faith which began on 11 October 2012 and concludes on the 24th November, 2013. Pope Benedict has urged us to ‘rediscover the joy of...

Prime Minister Peter O’Neill has applauded Divine Word University (DWU) for the annual Missioning Ceremony it hosted for outgoing final year students. Speaking as guest of honour at the ceremony at the Madang campus last Friday 12 October, 2012, Mr O’Neill said the “missioning” of students to go...

“Police are now patrolling Gordon’s market and other parts of Port Moresby”, Catholic Bishops Conference (CBC) Secretary General, Fr Victor Roche SVD said in a note today.  “I do not know how long this would last - he added – but our call is to weed out the attitude of the criminals with...

By John Atcherley Dew Archbishop of Wellington, New Zeland Report exposed during the Synod on the New Evangelization (Rome, 7-28 October, 2012): 1. Here in this Aula, at the Synod for Oceania 1998, Father Timothy Radcliffe, then Prior General of the Dominicans coined the beautiful phrase...

By Ludmilla Salonda DWU, Madang All the world’s a stage And it is Facebook; A canvass we face to paint our lives; Or a meeting place to gather to wait, meet, greet laugh and cry Then log out to log in Again and again. Many enter to paint the canvass with happy strokes of...

By Fr. Srimal Priyanga SDB What better opportunity is there to deepen our knowledge and understanding of the key themes of our faith than now! This is the Year of Faith which began on 11 October 2012 and concludes on the 24th November, 2013. Pope Benedict has urged us to ‘rediscover the joy of...

Fr. AdrianAdamik  i raitim Long tripela mun (Jun, Julai na Ogas) Arsbisop William Kurtz, SVD i bin stap long homliv na i bin visitim ol lain bilong religis orda bilong em (SVD) na bihain i bin go nastap liklik wantaim famili bilong em. Ol i amamas taim ol i bin lukim Arsbisop na ol i bin...