Mankind has mined the earth’s surface for thousands of years. Now there’s a furious race to find even more metal that will ...

The pope emphasized that “the language of love, the language of closeness, the language of service” is what can unite people ...

A police official says days of tribal violence in Papua New Guinea’s mountainous interior have left more than 35 people dead ...

Violence among illegal miners in Papua New Guinea has left between 20 and 50 people dead, a United Nations official said ...

Father Giovanni Battista Mazzucconi, an Italian missionary, was one of the early martyrs of the Catholic Church in Papua New ...

Papua New Guinea has given police permission to use “lethal force” to restore order as shootouts between rival tribes have killed dozens of people. Between 20 and 50 people have been killed in ...

Pope Francis receives a traditional hat during a meeting with faithful in Vanimo, Papua New Guinea, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024.

Pope Francis was greeted Sunday afternoon by a crowd of 20,000 people in what he had called “the periphery of the peripheries,” the coastal city of Vanimo in Papua New Guinea. Located in the northwest ...

Pope Francis says Papua New Guinea's natural resources must benefit local people and not just the multinational companies ...

Papua New Guinea is a diverse, developing nation of mostly subsistence farmers where some 800 languages are spoken. It is in a strategically important part of the South Pacific.

A United Nations official says between 20 and 50 people have been killed in violence among illegal miners in Papua New Guinea MELBOURNE, Australia -- Violence among illegal miners in Papua New ...

Pope Francis receives a traditional hat during a meeting with faithful in Vanimo, Papua New Guinea, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. Pope Francis celebrated the Catholic Church of the peripheries on Sunday ...