The 87-year-old Pope Francis publicly thanked God for allowing him "to do as an old pope what I would have liked to do as a ...

In Papua New Guinea, he told the crowd, he was impressed by the dedication of the missionaries -- including a group of ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The 87-year-old Pope Francis publicly thanked God for allowing him “to do as an old pope what I would ...

Pope Francis makes his way through the streets of Dili on Tuesday morning to visit the Irmas Alma missionary school for ...

In Papua New Guinea, he told the crowd, he was impressed by the dedication of the missionaries -- including a group of priests and women religious from Argentina -- and the catechists, who are the ...

The Holy Father arrived Friday for a three-day visit, his second stop on a 12-day apostolic journey to Asia and Oceania. The population of Papua New Guinea is currently 30% Catholic, with growth ...

who are the primarily evangelizers. In the nation’s young people, he said, “I saw a new future, without tribal violence, without dependency, without economic or ideological colonialism ...

Papua New Guinea is one of the 1,126 mission territories of the Catholic Church, whose first evangelizers arrived there in 1889. Today, its population is 30% Catholic, a percentage that increases ...

After the example of the great evangelizers from your country, may the missionary spirit which animated so many men and women from France over the centuries, continue to be your pride and your ...