Fifteen students from Divine Word University (DWU) in Madang travelling on a pilgrimage to Rome on 14-21 June for the Year of Faith have asked to pray with Pope Francis at his usual morning Mass at Casa Santa Marta while in Rome. “During the preparation meetings - DWU Chaplain Fr. Giorgio Licini...

PRESS RELEASE Papua New Guinea divided over implementation of death penalty 13 MAY 2013. Around the end of April and the first week of May this year a debate took place on the University Intranet Broadcast among lecturers of different departments of Divine Word University in Madang. A revised...

By Fr. Giorgio Licini PIME - CBC Communications 15 MAY 2013. Madang women leaders and professionals, though invoking tougher penalties, refrained yesterday from calling for capital punishment for heinous crimes; rather, they gave more attention to the root causes of violence in a public debate at...

2nd Timothy 2:8-13; Psalm 22; Alleluia verse Mat.11:25; Matt.11:25-30 We die with the Lord in this present life so to live with the Lord forever! The life and death of each one of us has its deep and profound impact on us. Alive or dead has deep influence on each other and on one another. If we...

Madang, 5 May 2013. Attorney General and Justice Minister Hon. Kua on EMTV tonight was totally disappointing. He believes that by executing a few hundred criminals around PNG people will remove fences from their homes. There was certainly much more criminality in Port Moresby during the years...

05 MAY 2013. Online platforms are an extension of our own personalities so the advice would be to consider anything posted online, whether it be a photo, comment or story, as something you’d be willing to share with your friends, your mom, your parish priest or pastor. Faith, charity and love...

Sunday, 5 May 2013 - 47th World Communications Day By Fr. Giorgio Licini PIME - CBC Communications 05 MAY 2013 - While everybody is familiar with traditional media (newspapers, radio, TV, etc.), the theme of Social Networks may look premature and distant for Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands....

26 APR 2013. The Minister for Community Development, Hon. Loujaya Tony, reminded women at the recent opening of the National Council of Women in Mount Hagen, that every man who turns out to be a rapist, or abuser, or murderer is some mother’s son. She challenged the women to evaluate their child...

16 APR 2013. The Holy Father Francis has appointed Apostolic Nuncio in Papua New Guinea H.E. Mons. Michael W. Banach, Archbishop tit. of Memfi. [00513-01.01] (news.va) PREVIOUS ARTICLES On Msgr. Michael Banach, new Apostolic Nuncio for PNG   Pope names Worcester's Msgr. Banach, longtime US...

By Bp. Bill Fey OFM Cap - Kimbe 16 APR 2013. Bishop Bill Fey, OFM Cap of Kimbe is the Deputy Bishop for Ecumenism and Interreligious Dialogue of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands. Here he explains the reasons and meaning of the soon to be approved joint...