In PNG about 25 percent of its 11 million people live below the poverty line and slightly more than 10 percent have ...

When Pope Francis visited the remote jungles of Papua New Guinea, he landed in Vanimo, on the northwest coast of the country, ...

With a 21-cannon salute, Pope Francis was welcomed to Papua New Guinea Sept. 6, the second stop on his four-nation visit to ...

Pope Francis receives a traditional hat during a meeting with faithful in Vanimo, Papua New Guinea, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024.

Pope Francis on Sunday encouraged Catholics in a remote town in Papua New Guinea to continue to be missionaries where they ...

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea -- Pope Francis boarded an Australian Royal Air Force C-130 on Sunday and flew over the pristine jungles of Papua New Guinea, travelling to the faraway settlement of ...

Pope Francis has arrived in the remote jungles of Papua New Guinea. He landed in Vanimo, on the northwest coast of the ...

Pope calls for sustainable development of PNG's resources Pope appeals for end to tribal violence, Bougainville resolution PNG governor-general thanks pope for humanitarian advocacy PORT MORESBY ...

The 87-year-old is the second pope to visit Papua New Guinea after St John Paul II visited in 1984 and again in 1995 to beatify Peter To Rot, a Catholic layman who was declared a martyr for the faith ...

ope Francis will arrive in one of the world's most remote Catholic communities in Papua New Guinea on Sunday to something approaching home: a group of Argentine missionaries who plan to welcome ...

Pope Francis called on Catholics in Papua New Guinea on Saturday to continue in ... in the shrine’s stained-glass windows, including St. Peter Chanel, Blessed Father John Mazzucconi, Blessed ...

Pope Francis visited Papua New Guinea Saturday, where he called for vast natural resources to benefit the "entire community" — a politically charged demand in a nation where many believe their ...