Pacific Soul Podcast
By ABC Radio Australia
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Episodes: 109
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Pacific Soul explores the higher purposes of Pasifika peoples and asks theologians and worshippers alike, what do we believe?
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What do the Rugby League World Cup celebrations say about who we are becoming?
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Oct 31, 2026 |
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Could recognising Christianity in Fiji’s constitution reshape the relationship between church and state?
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Oct 24, 2026 |
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The Pacific holds the world's largest blue lung and is demanding we protect it
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Oct 17, 2026 |
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What was lost when Cook Islanders left Takuvaʻine Valley
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Oct 10, 2026 |
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The surprising ways our mourning rituals help — and hinder — our brain's ability to process loss
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Oct 03, 2026 |
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Learning the why behind Samoan traditions at Brisbane's Le Fale Aganu'u
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Sep 26, 2026 |
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Sala Walter helped carry Dolly Parton’s literacy legacy into Pacific communities
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Sep 19, 2026 |
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As Paddle for Hope circles Viti Levu, churches are calling for action on plastic pollution
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Sep 12, 2026 |
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What RFK Jr and Samoa's measles outbreak reveal about trust and influence
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Sep 05, 2026 |
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The soul of place in an era of extraction
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Aug 29, 2026 |
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The precursors to genocide are the same, everywhere
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Aug 15, 2026 |
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US deep-sea mining plans in the Pacific an affront to 'God's creation'
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Aug 08, 2026 |
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The surprising ways our mourning rituals help — and hinder — our brain's ability to process loss
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Aug 01, 2026 |
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Elder Taniela Biu Wakolo shares how discipline and faith create a purposeful life
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Jul 25, 2026 |
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What Māori funeral director Lyric Vaetoe wants you to know about death
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Jul 18, 2026 |
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Elder Taniela Biu Wakolo is the first Fijian to lead the LDS church across the Pacific
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Jul 11, 2026 |
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Can changing your name change your life?
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Jul 04, 2026 |
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Christmas is a time to stand with people who are marginalised
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Jun 27, 2026 |
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Beyond the ganja and natty dread, what do Rastafari like Stan Antas believe?
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Jun 20, 2026 |
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Dr Rohini Balram changed her faith because of how it viewed her period
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Jun 13, 2026 |
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How would recognising Indigenous dance as sport and recreation benefit our health?
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Jun 06, 2026 |
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Will categorising Indigenous dance as sport and recreation give it the platform it deserves?
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Jun 06, 2026 |
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Kanak leaders map their vision for the future, beyond the accords
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May 30, 2026 |
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Rastaman Stan Antas says livity is 'always striving to do good'
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May 23, 2026 |
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Beyond the ganja and natty dread, what do Rastafari like Stan Antas believe?
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May 23, 2026 |
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Kanak sovereignty dispute raises questions over land and power
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May 16, 2026 |
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Why the struggle over land and power is inseparable from decolonial feminism
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May 09, 2026 |
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Can changing your name change your life?
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May 02, 2026 |
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The nation pauses to farewell 'People's President' Ratu Epeli Nailatikau
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Apr 25, 2026 |
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Lived theology or "God with skin on" with Dr Jill Gowdie
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Apr 18, 2026 |
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In uneasy times, the season of Easter doesn't look away
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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Discussing the making of mass violence with Professor Olivera Simić
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Mar 28, 2026 |
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From Lent to Ramadan and Ram Navami, let's check in with faith communities
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Mar 21, 2026 |
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Samoa’s fa’afafine hit the stage with SolFa Music, and you can join too!
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Mar 14, 2026 |
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Meet the Tongan seasonal workers whose boss built them a chapel
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Mar 07, 2026 |
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Muslims are not a new faith group in Samoa. We meet mam Husam Aldin-Stanley
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Feb 28, 2026 |
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What is Grace Road doing in Fiji and what are their un-Christian beliefs?
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Feb 21, 2026 |
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Kalafi Moala's blistering critique of Donald Trump and his evangelical Christian base
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Feb 14, 2026 |
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Caroline Hunt’s story was written in pain, but grace is rewriting the next chapter
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Jan 31, 2026 |
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Christmas is a time to stand with people who are marginalised
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Dec 13, 2025 |
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Come to the Hapi Isles Christmas (there's a 35kg pig on the menu)
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Dec 06, 2025 |
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Keeping the faith during hardship, struggle and injustice
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Nov 29, 2025 |
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Gwen Amankwah-Toa has always found a home in the Anglican Church
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Nov 22, 2025 |
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Who does the housework? Scripture tells us to share the load
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Nov 15, 2025 |
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From village catechist to saint, the life and legacy of Peter To Rot
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Nov 08, 2025 |
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What can LDS members expect from their new president?
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Nov 01, 2025 |
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Reverend Siera Bird lives out gender equality theology
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Oct 25, 2025 |
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Doroleen's life as a Seventh-day Adventist
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Oct 18, 2025 |
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As politics and religion are increasingly intertwined, who really speaks for the people?
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Oct 11, 2025 |
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'Not in our name': Jewish council condemns Pacific leaders' support for Israel
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Oct 04, 2025 |
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Vanuatu's 'two sexes law' raises fears for rights of LGBTQIA+ community
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Sep 06, 2025 |
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Reawakening the great Moanan empires of the Pacific
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Aug 30, 2025 |
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Pacific stories are not just myths, but living cosmologies
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Aug 23, 2025 |
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'Pastor by circumstance': How Susan Kingal kept her church alive through loss and adversity
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Aug 16, 2025 |
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The Bible brought ideas of spirituality to the Pacific but it was already deeply alive
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Aug 02, 2025 |
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Grandson of Blessed Peter To Rot wants historical sites preserved ahead of canonisation
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Jul 26, 2025 |
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Christian and iTaukei rituals unite in historic awakening of chiefly power in Fiji
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Jul 19, 2025 |
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Challenging the legacy of Margaret Mead, Pacific researchers demand respect
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Jul 12, 2025 |
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Mal Meninga on being South Sea Islander and honouring blackbirding history
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Jun 21, 2025 |
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He led teams to victory, but Mal Meninga’s most rewarding journey was back to Tanna
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Jun 14, 2025 |
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What will new temples mean for Pacific members of the mormon church?
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Jun 07, 2025 |
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Rode Wanimbo uses her fearless voice and faith to challenge injustice
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May 31, 2025 |
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Balancing ‘we’ and ‘I’, Uta'ileu'o Charlie Palupe leads with Samoan values in the public service
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May 24, 2025 |
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Why Christians in Tonga should forgive debts — and those they hold grudges against — during Jubilee
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May 17, 2025 |
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The 'green' Pope Francis and his climate legacy in the Pacific
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May 10, 2025 |
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As the Pacific Theological College turns 60, Dr Di Rayson shares its bold leap to becoming a university
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Apr 19, 2025 |
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From learning trades to leading industries, Dr Vaoiva Natapu-Ponton shows her students that opportunities are limitless
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Apr 12, 2025 |
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Dr Vaoiva Natapu-Ponton challenges systems that treat Pacific knowledge as secondary
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Apr 05, 2025 |
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Opting out of consumerism to champion climate justice this Lent
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Mar 29, 2025 |
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Embracing rage and forgiveness, Talicia Minniecon’s faith fuels her fight for justice
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Mar 22, 2025 |
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Priest Father Michael Kumar is bringing the beatitudes to life in Fiji
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Mar 08, 2025 |
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From pre-game prayers to post-match hymns, faith is the heartbeat of Pasifika rugby
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Mar 01, 2025 |
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Does Donald Trump's leadership reflect true Christian teachings?
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Feb 08, 2025 |
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How did you meet your partner? In Papua New Guinea's Enga Province, it goes like this
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Jan 25, 2025 |
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How much do we know about Jesus' birth?
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Dec 14, 2024 |
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Why were Hawai'i's four great Gods—Kū, Kāne, Lono, and Kanaloa—covered in feathers?
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Dec 07, 2024 |
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From exile to empowerment, Voice of Lele carries West Papua in song
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Nov 30, 2024 |
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Churches call for a spiritual transformation in the fight against climate change
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Nov 23, 2024 |
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How Pacific Island culture and Yolngu spiritual traditions shaped Milingimbi
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Nov 16, 2024 |
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When outsiders speak on behalf of the Pacific, what gets lost?
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Nov 09, 2024 |
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Beyond pain: The spiritual side of tatau
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Nov 02, 2024 |
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The tumultuous history of capital punishment in Papua New Guinea
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Oct 26, 2024 |
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Andre Afamasaga reconciled his faith, culture and sexuality. The Alofa Project will help others do the same
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Oct 12, 2024 |
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Has the Catholic Church atoned for the sexual abuse of children?
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Sep 28, 2024 |
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Pope Francis urges PNG youths to 'be wantoks of love'
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Sep 21, 2024 |
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Join us on Pope Francis' apostolic trip to Papua New Guinea
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Sep 14, 2024 |
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Who is Papua New Guinea's saint-in-waiting, Blessed Peter To Rot?
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Sep 07, 2024 |
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What brings Pope Francis to Vanimo? We ask Bishop Francis Meli
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Aug 31, 2024 |
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Vui Seigafolava Masinamua works with the deceased. For him, it's a loving act
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Aug 24, 2024 |
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Alisi Jack-Kaufusi is finding more reasons to live, to spite terminal ovarian cancer
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Aug 17, 2024 |
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Occultist and witch, Saskia Sassen, is challenging colonial narratives by reclaiming goddesses and deities
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Aug 03, 2024 |
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Meet Reverend Charissa Suli, the trailblazing new President of the Uniting Church
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Jul 27, 2024 |
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Chelita Zainey is a conduit through which Māori healing takes place
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Jul 13, 2024 |
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Winnie Dunn's 'Dirt Poor Islanders' is mending the fractures in Pacific-Australian identity
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Jun 29, 2024 |
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Expectations, judgement and responsibilities involved in life as a Pastor's Kid
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Jun 22, 2024 |
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Kennyon Brown emerged from his lowest point, honouring God in gospel track 'Jehovah'
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Jun 01, 2024 |
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Removing the colonialism in us with 'whole of life' philosophies
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May 25, 2024 |
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Putting God at the centre of your relationship
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May 18, 2024 |
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Why are some Pacific Christians staunch supporters of Israel?
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May 11, 2024 |
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A faith-based approach to couples counselling
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Apr 27, 2024 |
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What do Fiji's evangelical Christians believe?
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Apr 20, 2024 |
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Being queer and Christian in the Pacific
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Apr 13, 2024 |
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Has Christianity changed the notion of bride price?
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Apr 06, 2024 |
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Is Easter still the most important event for Christians in the Pacific?
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Mar 30, 2024 |
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'She'll remain warm in the spirit world': A Samoan death ritual
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Mar 23, 2024 |
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Feminism, faith and finding 'home' in the church
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Mar 16, 2024 |
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The Baháʼí case for peace in the Pacific
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Mar 09, 2024 |
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Has Christianity changed the notion of bride price?
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Mar 02, 2024 |
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What does it mean to love thy neighbour? Pastor Fia'ailetoa Ken Moala explains
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Feb 24, 2024 |