And in a United Nations Gender Inequality ... disparities remain — both here in Papua New Guinea and throughout the global church. In an afternoon meeting with clergy and religious women and ...

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 ...

Bishop Otto Separy of Bereina and president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Island, said the local church was “delighted and grateful” for the pope’s ...

Pope Francis emphasized the importance of a Catholic Church serving marginalized communities during his trip to Papua New Guinea over the weekend, flying in a military plane to one of the most ...

Father Giovanni Battista Mazzucconi, an Italian missionary, was one of the early martyrs of the Catholic Church in Papua New Guinea. Born on March 1, 1826, in Italy, Mazzucconi was ordained in May ...

“Given his important message of tolerance, we hope the church ... while the United Nations estimated the death toll at 670. Francis becomes only the second pope to visit Papua New Guinea ...

7, 2024. As a second leg of his 11-day trip to Asia and Oceania Pope Francis's visit to Papua New Guinea will take him to a remote part of the South Pacific island nation where Christianity is a ...