Pope Leo proclaimed seven new saints, including the first saints from Venezuela and Papua New Guinea, to 70,000 people in St.

The Italian nuns canonized are Vincenza Maria Poloni, the 19th-century founder of Verona's Institute of the Sisters of Mercy, ...

The government and Catholic Church in Papua New Guinea have joined their people to welcome the nation’s first saint Peter To ...

Peter ToRot, a Papua New Guinea man killed in prison in 1945 for standing up for monogamous marriage at a time when polygamy ...

Among the other new saints were two martyrs. Peter To Rot, a lay catechist martyred in Papua New Guinea during the Japanese ...

For decades, Chinese migrants flocked to the resource-rich island to earn quick money and move on. Now, as China’s presence ...

Australia will gain access to Papua New Guinea's (PNG) military facilities and troops under a key deal that will see the ...

A landmark defence treaty between Australia and Papua New Guinea has been approved by PNG's cabinet, marking Australia first ...

Australia is to stop sending asylum seekers to Papua New Guinea, marking an end to its controversial detention regime in the nation. Papua New Guinea is one of two Pacific countries paid by Canberra ...

MANILA: The World Health Organisation (WHO) in the Western Pacific region has raised alarm about the "sharp increases" in ...

An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 has struck near Papua New Guinea's second-largest city, Lae. The US Geological Survey reported ...

People were rushing to get out of the exits and the deputy prime minister was calling for people to keep calm." Papua New Guinea straddles the Pacific's "Ring of Fire", a region known for frequent ...