An aerial view of Tuvalu, an island nation in Polynesia, South Pacific Ocean, Oceania. / Credit: maloff/ShutterstockRome Newsroom, Jun 3, 2024 / 12:33 pm (CNA).Pope Francis on Monday appointed a California priest to a missionary post on a remote island in Polynesia.Father Eliseo Napiere, the pastor of St. James the Less Parish in the Diocese of San Bernardino, California, will be taking up a new post as the head of the Mission Sui Iuris of Funafuti on the island nation of Tuvalu.Tuvalu is a small country made up of nine islands in the Pacific Ocean located about midway between Hawaii and Australia. It is the second least-populous country in the world after Vatican City, but unlike Vatican City, it has only about 100 Catholics and one parish, according to the Association of Religion Data Archives.Once he relocates to Tuvalu, Napiere should not expect many visitors. Last year, the United Nations World Tourism Organization named Tuvalu as the least-visited country in the world, de.
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Following the 7.4-magnitude earthquake that hit eastern Taiwan in Hualien on April 3 April, both the World Council of Churches and the Roman Catholic community have called for prayers for those impacted by the deadly temblor.
After a massive earthquake shook the entire island of Taiwan this week, leaving at least 10 people dead, the island’s Ambassador to the Holy See has thanked the world for their solidarity, and Pope Francis specifically for his spiritual closeness.
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