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Edmund Rice program to support young Pacific climate leaders
The Edmund Rice Centre for Justice and Community Education has launched a program to support young climate leaders in Kiribati and Tuvalu to advocate for their Pacific home in Australia, the region and beyond. Source: The Good Oil.
Pacific nations facing $2.3 billion climate bill
The annual finance needs for Pacific nations facing climate mitigation, adaptation and loss and damage costs could, conservatively, be about $US1.5 billion ($2.3 billion), a new report reveals. Source: Caritas Australia.
PNG’s rural health centres so run down women giving birth at home
A new campaign from Caritas Australia seeks to upgrade run-down health centres in Papua New Guinea, giving women a safer place to give birth.
Archbishop says Fiji free but not democratic
Fiji is free from British rule, but the Pacific nation still has the “colonial form of power” and is not yet democratic, according to the country’s archbishop. Source: Crux.
Shock and disbelief in New Caledonia as Catholic churches burned down
New Caledonia’s Catholic community is in shock and disbelief as two of its historic missions were burned down by rioters last week. Source: RNZ.
Australians lend a hand to Archdiocese of Suva
Since 2006, the Catholic Church in Australia has been assisting the Archdiocese of Suva and a number of other dioceses in the Pacific with canonical matters. Source: ACBC Media Blog.
From student chairs to the Tongan throne
A University of Notre Dame staff member’s giving nature and the reach of social media have combined to create a rich and rewarding connection between Notre Dame, a Tongan school and Tongan royalty.
Pope appoints new archbishop for Samoa
Pope Francis has appointed West Auckland priest Fr Mosese Vitolio Tui as the new Archbishop of Samoa-Apia. Source: NZCBC.
Oceania bishops consider pastoral responses to Pacific migration
Migration across the Pacific and the pastoral care of migrants emerged as key points of discussion at last week’s executive meeting of the Federation of Catholic Bishops Conferences of Oceania in Wellington, New Zealand. Source: Broken Bay Diocese.