Global Church News

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  Pope tells people of Vanimo: ‘You are experts in beauty‘

  Sep 09, 2024

  On September 8, Sunday afternoon Pope Francis travels to the remote Papuan city of Vanimo to thank the missionaries for their incredible work and to tell the faithful they are a vital and vibrant part of the Church.

  
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  Christianity: A tapestry of faces

  Sep 09, 2024

  In Papua New Guinea, Pope Francis fulfills his dream of embracing the world's most remote periphery.

  
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  Day Three in PNG: 'A man of great heart'

  Sep 09, 2024

  On Pope Francis’ second full day in Papua New Guinea, more than 20,000 local Catholics flocked to Sir John Guise Stadium, some arriving as early as 2 AM, to secure a spot at Sunday Mass with the Holy Father.

  
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  Pope to Catholics in Vanimo: Spread beauty of Christ’s Gospel in love

  Sep 09, 2024

  Pope Francis travels to the coastal city of Vanimo in Papua New Guinea, and urges the Catholic faithful to bear witness to the Gospel as missionaries in their daily lives.

  
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  'Pope Francis' love for the people of PNG will cement them in faith'

  Sep 09, 2024

  An Australian couple present at Pope Francis' Mass in Port Moresby tell Vatican News how the Holy Father has a love for the people of Papua New Guinea and that his presence will cement the faith in the nation's faithful who are moved that he has traveled this far to be with them.

  
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  Argentinian missionaries overjoyed to meet Pope Francis in Vanimo

  Sep 09, 2024

  Pope Francis concludes his short visit to the Diocese of Vanimo in Papua New Guinea with a brief visit to a group of Argentinian missionaries and religious sisters at the Holy Trinity Parish Humanistic School in Baro.

  
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  ‘Pope’s message of peace, solidarity will stay with Papua New Guinea for years’

  Sep 09, 2024

  Fr. Giorgio Licini, an Italian PIME missionary in Port Moresby, tells Vatican News that Pope Francis’ message of peace, solidarity, friendship, and reconciliation will accompany the people of Papua New Guinea for years to come.

  
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  Catholic youth pilgrimage seeks peace on Korean Peninsula

  Sep 09, 2024

  A group of international young Catholics joined the “2024 Wind of Peace – World Youth Pilgrimage to DMZ,” held by the Korea Reconciliation Committee of the Archdiocese of Seoul from August 29 to September 1.

  
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  Remembering the missionary martyrs of Papua New Guinea

  Sep 09, 2024

  During Pope Francis’ apostolic journey to Papua New Guinea, the pope reflected on the profound sacrifices made by early Catholic missionaries and martyrs in the region who ventured deep into the unexplored rainforests to bring the Gospel to “the ends of the Earth.”

  
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  Church needs to change to help girl children

  Sep 09, 2024

  The Church must also initiate change in society to help dispel parental fears about bringing up girls