PAPUA NEW GUINEA

POPULATION 9 MILLION

CATHOLICS

30%

A fruit of Radio Maria in the jungle

Maria activities in these areas

Current status: Radio Maria Papua New Guinea has started broadcasting from the new headquarters, leased inside the complex of the PNG Episcopal Conference in the city of Port Moresby. It currently broadcasts in eleven dioceses. Two more are expected to receive the technical equipment and to have it installed very soon. Two more dioceses will be on the list by the end of 2023. The economic resources to procure the equipment are lacking, however, given that the radio struggles to support itself, except for ordinary expenses. In the meantime, we managed to recover the old studio equipment of the headquarters and allocate it to the studio in the city of Vanimo. In this sub-station, Father Felipe is doing an excellent job of evangelisation with the local people, through the voice of Radio Maria.

Project: The radio staff is also experiencing some difficulties. We are, as a matter of fact, trying to purchase a means of transport to be able to travel on dirt roads, where the transmitters are located. Thus, we will be able to reach as many places and communities as possible in this complex country, so distant from the rest of the world.