Pope Francis has called for the Catholic Church in Papua New Guinea to be particularly close to women who have been abused and marginalized By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press Sep 7, 2024 Sep 7 ...

Yesterday, July 29, 2025, marks exactly 50 days before Papua New Guinea proudly celebrates its 50th Independence anniversary ...

Pope Francis takes part in a meeting with Catholic faithful of the diocese of Vanimo in front of Holy Cross Cathedral in Vanimo, Papua New Guinea, on Sept. 8, 2024.

When Pope Francis visits Papua New Guinea for the first time this September, he will find a Catholic Church in multicultural expressions. “These are very ancient peoples with very ancient traditions," ...

On Sept. 8, Pope Francis visited the remote town of Vanimo, Papua New Guinea, using his ambitious two-week tour in Asia and Oceania to put a spotlight on the Catholic Church in the peripheries.

Papua New Guinea will join a handful of countries to open an embassy in Jerusalem, a decision long sought by pro-Israel church groups in the deeply Christian Pacific nation, and as Prime Minister ...

Papua New Guinea soldiers were providing security for the convoys. In this photo provided by the UNDP Papua New Guinea, villagers search through a landslide in Yambali village in the Highlands of ...

The church, he said, “desires especially to be close to these brothers and sisters, because in them Jesus is present in a special way…And where he, our head, is present, there are we, his ...

Prime Minister James Marape has paid tribute to the enduring partnership between Papua New Guinea and the United States of ...

Pope Francis meets with the Papua New Guinea's Governor General Sir Bob Dadae at Government House in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. Credit: AP/Guglielmo Mangiapane ...

According to U.N. Women, 60% of Papua New Guinea’s women have experienced physical or sexual violence from an intimate partner at some time in their lives, double the global average.

Francis is the second pope to visit Papua New Guinea, after St. John Paul II visited first in 1984, then in 1995 to beatify Peter To Rot, a Catholic layman who was declared a martyr for the faith ...