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Pope Francis in Papua New Guinea

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Pope Francis in Papua New Guinea: Put love before superstition, fear

September 8, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Francis wears a traditional head dress as greets a young girl in Vanimo, Papua New Guinea, Sept. 8, 2024 / Vatican Media

Rome Newsroom, Sep 8, 2024 / 09:10 am (CNA).
Pope Francis on Sunday encouraged Catholics in a remote town in Papua New… […]

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Remembering the missionary martyrs of Papua New Guinea

September 7, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Two children, one of them holding a statue of Blessed Peter To Rot, await the visit of Pope Francis at the Caritas Technical Secondary School in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, Sept. 7, 2024 / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Port Moresby, Papua New G… […]

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Pope Francis’ Mass in Papua New Guinea: ‘Open yourselves to the joy of the Gospel’

September 7, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Francis celebrates Mass at Sir John Guise Stadium in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, Sept. 8, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, Sep 7, 2024 / 21:43 pm (CNA).
Pope Francis presided over Mass at Sir John Guise… […]

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Pope Francis asks Papua New Guinea Catholics to spread the Gospel to ‘peripheries’

September 7, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Francis visits the Caritas Technical Secondary School in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, Sept. 7, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, Sep 7, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA).
Pope Francis called on Catholics in Papua New… […]

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Pope Francis Calls for Environmental Stewardship, Peace in Papua New Guinea

September 6, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

A man stands in front of a poster of Pope Francis outside APEC Haus in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, at the official welcome to the Roman pontiff, Sept. 7, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, Sep 6, 2024 / 23:38 … […]

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Some people in Papua New Guinea walked 3 weeks to see Pope Francis

September 6, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

The population of Papua New Guinea is currently 30% Catholic, with growth at a rate of 40,000 baptized each year. / Credit: Pontifical Mission Society of Spain

Madrid, Spain, Sep 6, 2024 / 16:00 pm (CNA).
The bishop of Kundinawa in Papua New Gu… […]

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Pope Francis arrives in Papua New Guinea amid report of arrests in Indonesia

September 6, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis is welcomed in Papua New Guinea on Sept. 6, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

Rome Newsroom, Sep 6, 2024 / 09:45 am (CNA).
Pope Francis touched down in Papua New Guinea on Friday, the second country of his 12-day apostolic journey to A… […]

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Francis won’t be the first pope to visit Papua New Guinea: a look at John Paul II’s trips

September 1, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

St. John Paul II (1920-2005). / Credit: Itto Ogami via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0)

CNA Staff, Sep 1, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA).
Pope Francis will be visiting the country of Papua New Guinea from Sept. 6-9 as part of an 11-day, multi-country papal… […]

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20,000 miles over the sea: Here’s where Pope Francis is headed in Southeast Asia and Oceania

August 30, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Graha Maria Annai Velangkanni Church, an Indian-Mughal style Catholic church in Medan, Indonesia. / Credit: MarlonH/Shutterstock

CNA Staff, Aug 30, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA).
Pope Francis will embark on an 11-day trip on Sept. 2 that will bring him… […]

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