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Rakunai and said: "Your catechist is dead". The incredulous chief of the village demanded to know what the officers did to To Rot but the officer said: "He fell ill and died". His uncle Taura was sent to the prison with Commander Meshida to view To Rot's remains and to take them for burial. His remains were found warm and still curled up with cotton stuffed in his ears and nose with blood and a red scarf wrapped around his neck. The back of his neck was swollen and bore wounds and a clear needle mark was present on his right arm. To Rot's remains were soon buried in Rakunai. He was given a chief's funeral in the Catholic cemetery, but the funeral was held in silence because people feared the Japanese.
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Japanese authorities restricted religious services and a few months later forbade them in full. But To Rot continued to hold them in secret and did not fear the implications on his own life despite the fear of those around him. The destruction of the church a short while later saw him build a "bush church" outside the village to hold secret services; he kept records of baptisms and weddings there.
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served to augment To Rot's defense of traditional marriage with spies monitoring him to catch him in the act of piousness so as to arrest him. One couple reported him and the police arrested him after finding religious objects in a house search. He was planting vegetables to give to the
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if that was the case; he was locked in a small and windowless cell. To Rot was sentenced to two months' imprisonment in the
Vunaiara concentration camp. On one occasion his wife and two children came to visit him and she begged him to give up being a catechist so he would remain safe. But To Rot was
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Taliligap after which he was commissioned as a catechist for the parish of Rakunai in 1933 when the local bishop gave him the catechist's cross. To Rot then returned to his village where he would go on to aid Father Laufer. He was an excellent teacher and an organizer of classes for people and he
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and sent him to the local mission school in 1919 despite the fact that education was not an obligation at the time. He was quite agile in climbing coconut trees and he was more than willing to do this to acquire coconuts for older villages. It was rare for him to be mischievous at school but he was
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but To Rot opposed this as being the opposite to doctrine. To Rot met Kueka who ordered that he cease his pastoral activities while meanwhile Metepa and another seized Mentil and beat up her husband. But To Rot and the village chief managed to find Mentil and get her back to
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forces occupied the region. He stood up for religious values in the face of
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To Rot was taken to the police headquarters where the chief of the police
Meshida asked if he was preaching to which the catechist affirmed. Meshida beat him on the face and the back of his neck and ordered him to be imprisoned. The
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chief of Navunaram and the Christian Rakunai chief failed to secure his release even though he told them not to fret over it. He confided to his mother that he would die but assured her that he was more than prepared to die for
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wife named Ia Mentil. To Rot and Mentil's father prevented Metepa from kidnapping Mentil as his second wife and the furious officer reported him to his superior Kueka who summoned To Rot. The Japanese authorities had legalised
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dossier from the postulation of the cause in 1991. Theologians approved the dossier's contents on 26 June 1992 as did the C.C.S. members on 1 December 1992. His beatification received approval from
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honest and quick to help those in need. In 1930 the parish priest of Rakunai - Father Laufer - asked his father if he would allow To Rot to start his studies for the
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to mark the centennial of the late catechist's birth. The pope had discussed To Rot in his "ad limina" meeting with the Papuan bishops on 9 June 2012 while the
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as the third of six children to Angelo Tu Puia (the well-respected village chief) and Maria Ia Tumul who had both converted to
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210:World War II
166:Peter To Rot
165:
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93:Port Moresby
42:5 March 1912
26:Peter To Rot
2993:1945 deaths
2988:1912 births
2807:Joan of Arc
2737:Æthelthryth
2654:Melchizedek
2516:Telesphorus
2506:Sylvester I
2391:Marcellus I
2386:Marcellinus
2306:Gregory VII
2301:Gregory III
2216:Celestine V
2211:Celestine I
2206:Callixtus I
2196:Boniface IV
2186:Benedict II
2161:Alexander I
2136:Adeodatus I
1955:Ulma Family
1945:Thomas More
1795:Martyrology
1770:John Fisher
1419:Evangelists
1299:Bonaventure
953:Bartholomew
887:Virgin Mary
744:Saints SQPN
702:Catholicism
255:Catholicism
2982:Categories
2541:Zephyrinus
2501:Stephen IV
2486:Sixtus III
2466:Simplicius
2411:Nicholas I
2336:John XXIII
2326:Innocent I
2296:Gregory II
2286:Gelasius I
2191:Boniface I
2151:Agapetus I
2146:Adrian III
2117:Matriarchs
2058:Patriarchs
1677:Zephyrinus
1050:Confessors
1018:Archangels
910:Assumption
861:Stages of
435:References
409:postulator
267:priesthood
148:Catechists
118:Attributes
2797:Genevieve
2704:Zephaniah
2511:Symmachus
2496:Stephen I
2481:Sixtus II
2461:Silverius
2456:Sergius I
2416:Paschal I
2406:Miltiades
2316:Hormisdas
2291:Gregory I
2276:Felix III
2261:Evaristus
2256:Eutychian
2241:Eleuterus
2236:Dionysius
2231:Damasus I
2226:Cornelius
2221:Clement I
2166:Anacletus
1910:Philomena
1557:Dionysius
1532:Damasus I
1477:Anatolius
1163:Disciples
1098:Homobonus
1058:Anatolius
871:Venerable
714:Biography
429:Australia
318:Methodist
310:Christmas
290:Catechist
271:catechist
262:catechism
257:in 1898.
232:in 1995.
202:catechist
138:Patronage
83:Beatified
60:Rakunai,
2881:See also
2782:Euphemia
2619:Jeremiah
2599:Habakkuk
2556:Prophets
2531:Vitalian
2526:Victor I
2476:Sixtus I
2471:Siricius
2401:Martin I
2381:Lucius I
2346:Julius I
2311:Hilarius
2281:Felix IV
2251:Eusebius
2246:Eugene I
2176:Anicetus
2048:Remigius
2003:Boniface
1409:Irenaeus
1191:Silvanus
1138:Salonius
983:Matthias
948:Barnabas
935:Apostles
804:Archived
777:Archived
127:crucifix
2842:Rosalia
2767:Cecilia
2714:Virgins
2674:Obadiah
2649:Malachi
2594:Ezekiel
2546:Zosimus
2536:Zachary
2521:Urban I
2451:Pontian
2426:Paul VI
2361:Leo III
2321:Hyginus
2271:Felix I
2181:Anterus
2111:Solomon
2076:Abraham
1920:Stephen
1687:Martyrs
1454:Fathers
1427:Matthew
1234:Ambrose
1201:Timothy
1196:Stephen
1171:Apollos
1078:Dominic
1040:Raphael
1033:
1031:Michael
1026:Gabriel
978:Matthew
875:Blessed
813:Aleteia
676:Portals
635:5 April
606:5 April
569:5 April
536:5 April
499:5 April
460:5 April
427:and in
394:Positio
208:during
151:Rakunai
21:Blessed
2689:Simeon
2679:Samuel
2614:Isaiah
2604:Haggai
2589:Elijah
2564:Agabus
2446:Pius X
2441:Pius V
2436:Pius I
2421:Paul I
2371:Leo IX
2366:Leo IV
2356:Leo II
2331:John I
2266:Fabian
2156:Agatho
2091:Joseph
1452:Church
1244:Jerome
1008:Thomas
998:Philip
943:Andrew
690:Saints
356:Rabaul
312:1944.
278:had a
206:parish
112:7 July
33:Martyr
2669:Nahum
2664:Moses
2659:Micah
2639:Jonah
2609:Hosea
2584:David
2491:Soter
2431:Peter
2376:Linus
2351:Leo I
2201:Caius
2128:Popes
2101:David
2086:Jacob
2081:Isaac
1497:Caius
1206:Titus
1003:Simon
993:Peter
879:Saint
415:Feast
334:Death
280:Bible
212:when
108:Feast
2629:Joel
2574:Anna
2569:Amos
2396:Mark
2106:Noah
2071:Abel
2066:Adam
1442:John
1437:Luke
1432:Mark
988:Paul
973:Jude
968:John
637:2017
608:2017
571:2017
538:2017
501:2017
462:2017
390:Rome
236:Life
224:His
55:Died
39:Born
2624:Job
404:.
328:God
99:by
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