Tag: Catholic
International Women’s Day – ‘Pink Shoes into the Vatican’ campaign
Asia Pacific Report
A group of "pink shoes" women in Aotearoa New Zealand campaigning for gender equality in the Catholic Church took their message with...
José Ramos-Horta declares victory in Timor-Leste presidential election
RNZ News
Independence leader and Nobel laureate José Ramos-Horta has declared victory in Timor-Leste's presidential election, saying he had secured "overwhelming" support and would now...
Panguna priest wins Bougainville seat – Alliance claims to have numbers
Tension is high in Mt Hagen after the declaration of former Public Enterprises Minister William Duma - illegally, claim critics, before the counting of...
Debate in Philippines as clergy assess gains, costs of married priests
By Father Casibjorn Guy Quiacao in Manila
Imagine your Catholic parish priest rushing or abruptly ending a mass because his wife or his child met...
‘No’ to deep sea bed mining plans for Pacific, says PNG’s...
Meredith Kuusa reports for TVWan News.
Pacific Media Centre News Desk
Papua New Guinea's Catholic Church cardinal has given a resounding "no" to deep sea mining...
Thousands march against Duterte’s war on drugs, ‘violence culture’
Thousands of Catholics "Walk for Life" in Manila to protest against the drug-related killings under President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs. Video: Papua New...
Catholic Church blasts Duterte’s war on drugs as ‘reign of terror’
The Philippines' Catholic Church has blasted President Rodrigo Duterte's "war on drugs" for creating a "reign of terror".
In its most strongly worded attack yet...
Muslims pledge support for Catholics in new Indonesian blasphemy case
By Ryan Dagur in Jakarta
Muslim activists have joined growing calls for a hardline Muslim cleric to be charged with blasphemy for insulting Christianity.
Rizieq...
Scorsese’s Silence and the Catholic connection to the atomic bomb
By Gwyn McClelland in Melbourne
Today, Martin Scorsese’s Silence will have its premiere at the Vatican, where it will be screened to hundreds of Roman...
Bishop urged to reopen abandoned dorms in West Papua
Catholic students in West Papua have appealed to Bishop Leo Laba Ladjar of Jayapura to reopen closed education facilities for local people.
The students met...