The important anniversary is celebrated with a cultural festival, a Mass and a new radio station. Card Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo, archbishop of Jakarta and president of the Catholic Bishops' ...

The local bishop, Mgr Aloysius Murwito, also ordained three deacons. Religious vocations in the diocese are rare because of the lack of a minor seminary and ethnic Asmat’s nomadic lifestyle. Last year ...

JAKARTA (Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 jolted 251km North of Agats, Indonesia at 08:24:30 GMT on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 64.9 km, was ...

A bishop has issued an urgent appeal to Catholics in Jakarta Archdiocese to help fund church efforts to help marginalized people in Agats-Asmat Diocese in Papua, one of Indonesia’s poorest regions.

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A Catholic diocese in Indonesia’s Christian-majority Papua region has postponed a popular annual festival showcasing famed tribal woodcarvings following mob violence against members of the organizing ...

A family helps to care for a sick child being treated at the Regional General Hospital (RSUD) in Agats, Asmat District, after the government dispatched military and medical personnel to the remote ...

ONAMIA – An Avon native who served as bishop of Agats-Asmat, Indonesia, for 32 years has died. Bishop Alphonse Sowada, OSC, 80, died Saturday. Born in 1933 in Avon, Sowada was ordained a priest of the ...