Matters India Reporter New Delhi: An Indian missionary who was recently appointed a bishop in Papua New Guinea has been infected with Covid and undergoing treatment in his native country. Father Siby Mathew Peedikayil came to India on April 24, much before the Pope appointed him the bishop of AitapeContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Port Moresby: Pope Francis on May 13 appointed a missionary priest from India as the bishop of Aitape, a diocese in Papua New Guinea, a country in Oceania. Bishop-elect Siby Mathew Peedikayil is a member of the Heralds of Good News, an India-based congregation. The 50-year-old priestContinue Reading
Vatican City, Jan 19, 2020: A visit from Pope Francis to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and East Timor may happen in September, according to an Indonesian Muslim leader who met with the pontiff mid January. Sheikh Yahya Cholil Staquf leads the 50 million member Nahdlatul Ulama movement, which calls forContinue Reading
Montfort missionary priest Fr Rozario Menezes has been appointed the third Bishop of the Diocese of LaeContinue Reading
By Santosh Digal Negombo, Sri Lanka: Papua New Guinea’s first cardinal has thanked bishops of Asia for sending missionaries to the Oceania continent. “I take this opportunity to thank you for sending missionaries to our region. Most of our missionaries at the present are from Asia. They come from countriesContinue Reading
Kottatam: Mar Kurian Mathew Vayalumkal, apostolic nuncio (diplomatic representative of Vatican) to Papua New Guinea and titular archbishop of Ratiaria, was consecrated archbishop at a solemn ceremony here on Monday. Archbishop Mathew Moolekkatt, head of the Knanaya archeparchy of Kottayam, was the chief celebrant of the function, with Archbishop MichaelContinue Reading