Tag: Papua New Guinea
Pray for Papua New Guinea
Pope Francis spoke about Papua New Guinea in his general audience on Wednesday, where an avalanche left 2,000 people buried.
Caritas agencies on the ground assessing devastation in Papua New Guinea
Remote communities in Papua New Guinea have been devastated by a catastrophic landslide that struck the Enga province at 3am on 24 May. The timing of the landslide meant most people were sleeping at the time of the disaster, with little time to escape.
Pope on tour: Preparations for Papua New Guinea visit underway
Pope Francis will travel to Papua New Guinea, from 6-9 September on and 11-day tour to the region. To commemorate the event, the Vatican has released a logo for the trip.
PNG excited for Francis’ visit, but is the pope really coming?
Papua New Guinean Catholics hope the pope will announce the canonisation of Blessed Peter to Rot on his August visit to the Island nation. But nobody seems to know for sure if he’s coming.
Youth and climate forms Cardinal Ribat’s main mission
On Good Friday this year the young Catholics of the Archdiocese of Port Moresby led about a thousand people on a seven-hour Way of the Cross from its cathedral, St Mary’s, to St Charles Lwanga church in a northern suburb of the Papua New Guinean capital.
Meet God’s Bootlegger
Margaret Vella is affectionately known as God’s bootlegger. If the residents or religious sisters living in the remote Papua New Guinean diocese of Vanimo need something, she’ll get it for them.
Giving the gift of light
When the sun starts to set, we take it for granted that we can flick a switch and continue reading, writing or just chatting...
