Pope Francis is presented with a wooden model of a traditional boat outside the APEC Haus in Port Moresby, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, as he arrives with Papua New Guinea's Governor General Bob Dadae ...

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (AP) — Pope Francis called Saturday ... as he handed out candies to young children dressed in traditional clothes who had performed for him, and even took a ...

But so much of Papua New Guinea sort of remained unexplored from outsiders until about, say, 100 years ago or so. So tribal fighting was fought with very traditional, customary weapons.

Pope Francis celebrated the Catholic Church of the peripheries on Sunday as he traveled to the remote jungles of Papua New Guinea ... headdresses performed to traditional drum beats as priests ...

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (AP) — Pope Francis called Saturday ... and even took a turn playing a kundu drum, a traditional hand-held hourglass-shaped drum that one group of children gave ...

Pope Francis receives souvenir from a Papua New Guinea traditional dancer at APEC Haus in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. Credit: AP/Mark Baker It was an improvised first ...

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (AP) — Pope Francis called Saturday for the Catholic Church in Papua New Guinea to be particularly close to women who have been abused and marginalized ...

Pope Francis, left, with Cardinal Archbishop of Port Moresby John Ribat, right, attend a traditional dance ... Oceania Pope Francis's visit to Papua New Guinea will take him to a remote part ...