As Churches in the Pacific we are remote and somewhat isolated, but we know we are part of the universal Church and our that task is to be the presence of Christ in Oceania. We will keep in close contact with Rome to nourish our faith and our fidelity to the Holy Father and strive to be always authentic announcers of the Gospel.
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We come from local churches in remote areas of the world and in these three weeks we have heard the beating heart of the universal Church, say participants at the end of the Study Seminar for recently appointed Bishops organised by the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples (23 September 2006)