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 for an end to tribal conflicts that have wracked Papua New Guinea for decades and appealed for equitable development of its ...

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 during his trip to the remote jungles of Papua New Guinea. Gregorio Borgia / AP Vanimo, population 11,000, certainly fits the bill.

Pope Francis has called for the Catholic Church in Papua New Guinea to be particularly close to women who have been abused and marginalized. He's speaking out in a country ...

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.

Young Papua New Guineans are dressed in traditional attire during a visit by Pope Francis at Caritas Technical Secondary School in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. (AP ...

Pope Francis has called for the Catholic Church in Papua New Guinea to be particularly close to women who have been abused and marginalized. He's speaking out in a country ...