CARITAS is not an office, it’s work in the community,” according to Auxiliary Bishop Justin Ain, currently in charge of the ...

Prime Minister James Marape celebrated his 54th birthday. He held a simple ceremony at home in Tari with his parents, his family and tribesmen.

Archbishop Rochus Tatamai, also a blood relative of To Rot, said it was important for Papua New Guinea to get its own saint. "It is confirmation and affirmation that our people are more than good ...

Shells were legal currency in Papua New Guinea until 1933, and they’re still used to purchase brides and settle blood feuds. The local currency is still called the kina. Ninive Lefa, 19 ...

Alongside a significant number of South Sea Islanders, many are descendants of the Kanakas, or Blackbirds, a label derived from the form of slavery that bears its name. Blackbirding was the coercive ...

Pope Francis died on Monday at the age of 88, just a day after making a much-anticipated appearance at Saint Peter's Sq ...

The 2025 Sistine Chapel conclave came with heightened security arrangements, a reminder of just how the conservative ethos of ...

Less than 24 hours after giving birth, Christina Paulus is lying on the floor of a busy corridor in Papua New Guinea's main hospital ... She lost more than a litre of blood during the birth.

Pope Francis didn’t affirm same-sex marriage or lobby for ordaining women as priests. But he gently steered the Catholic ...

When Bill Murray and His Blood Brothers began a bit past 9 p.m., the room swelled with anticipation, as well as some confusion. Where was Murray? He finally appeared on stage for the second song, ...