St John Paul II beatified him on 17 January 1995 in Port Moresby. Last year, the bishops of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands requested to dispense Peter To Rot’s cause from a miracle.

Heads of state are expected for Francis’ funeral, but the three days of public viewing in the basilica allow ordinary ...

Thousands of people are filing through the central aisle of St. Peter's Basilica to pay their final respects to Pope Francis.

That included clearing the path to canonization for the first saints to hail from Venezuela and Papua New Guinea ... will mark the 20th anniversary of St. John Paul II’s death with a Mass.

Pope Francis was not quite the prolific apologizer of John Paul II — who once asked ... Singapore. Indonesia. Papua New Guinea. South Sudan. Democratic Republic of Congo. And that includes ...

BLESSED Peter To Rot will be the first canonised saint from Papua New Guinea. Blessed Peter was a lay catechist ... s Dicastery for the Causes of Saints on March 28. Beatified by St John Paul II ...

Port Moresby (AsiaNews) – When Pope Francis travelled to Papua New Guinea he knew that we were ... Some 60 years ago, when Pope John XXII passed away, the Second Vatican Council that had not ...

on Misima Island in Papua New Guinea. This snake, characterized by its matte black coloration and adaptability to human-inhabited areas, remains a biological mystery. The discovery highlights the ...

The recent discovery of nine new species of carnivorous land snails in the remote forests of Papua New Guinea has sparked ...

The 6-foot-4 guard averaged 8.0 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.4 assists as a sophomore but St. John’s brought in several new guards, including transfers Ian Jackson (North Carolina) and Oziyah Sell ...