Holy Cross Cathedral, Honiara 1978 by the then Pope John Paul II. It is under the pastoral responsibility of Bishop Christopher Michael Cardone. Holy Cross Cathedral, Honiara The Holy Cross Cathedral also called Catholic Cathedral of Honiara Is the name given to a religious building affiliated with the Catholic Church which is located in the city of Honiara on the Guadalcanal Island capital of the Solomon Islands a country in the southwest Pacific Ocean. Its history goes back to 1957 when a church was constructed that would be the first pro-cathedral or temporary cathedral dedicated to the Holy Cross in the place where Alvaro
Honiara Honiara which replaced the King Solomon Hotel, which was gutted during the 2006 riots. Restaurants of note include the Capitana Restaurant of the Mendana Hotel (serving Japanese cuisine), the Le Rendezvous Restaurant of the King Solomon Hotel (serving Oriental cuisine), Club Havanah in the Honiara Hotel, Raintree Cafe, Ning's Coffee Shop, and Hong Kong Palace, located in a "blood-red pagoda on Hibuscus Avenue". In 1974, Polynesian Dances of Bellona (Mungiki), which included "suahongi" form, forbidden to be performed by the Seventh Day Adventist missionaries, was revived and recorded in Honiara. "Suahongi" is performed at the conclusion of the ritual of