Pope Francis visited one of the most remote outposts of the Catholic Church on Sunday. On the third day of his trip to the Pacific state of Papua New Guinea, the 87-year-old traveled to the town ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis spends part of his days at his desk working and concelebrates Mass daily in his private ...

VANIMO, Papua New Guinea — Pope Francis traveled to the remote ... including animism and sorcery. Francis' visit to Vanimo was the highlight of his visit to Papua New Guinea, the second leg ...

Pope Francis has made a historic visit to the remote jungles of Papua New Guinea, holding an open-air mass “at the edge of the world” in the coastal town of Vanimo, where he addressed a crowd ...

Francis becomes only the second pope to visit Papua New Guinea, after St John Paul II touched down in 1984 during one of his lengthy, globetrotting voyages. Then, John Paul paid tribute to the ...

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 ...

But Pope Francis is currently ... kicking off a marathon 12-day visit of four countries in Southeast Asia and the South Pacific which also includes Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Singapore.

Pope Francis hoped to highlight environmental concerns and the importance of communication between different religious groups during his visit to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Singapore and Timor ...

PORT MORESBY: Over mountains, by air, and by sea, pilgrims flocked to Papua New Guinea's capital ahead of Pope Francis's arrival on Friday (Sept 6) on a landmark four-day visit. Once-dusty roads ...