Francis made working around the Catholic world a policy priority and emphasized missionary work.
Pope Francis arrived on a visit to Papua New Guinea. He held a mass in the capital Port Moresby in a stadium where about 35 thousand people gathered, the Associated Press reported on Sunday, September 8.
“You who live on this big island in the Pacific Ocean may sometimes think that you are in a distant land, at the end of the world, but now the Lord wants to be closer to you, to overcome the distances, to let the you who are in His heart, each one of you is important to Him,” the pope said to those present.
Francis then boarded an Australian C-130 transport plane with a small number of advisers and personal security and flew to the remote town of Vanimo, located on the country’s northwest coast near the Indonesian border.
With him, a ton of humanitarian aid arrived in Vanimo, including medicine, clothes and toys for children.
In Vanimo, the pontiff was greeted by approximately 20 thousand people who sang and danced. In his speech, the pontiff called for an end to internal conflicts in the country, including tribal conflicts, and gender-based violence. The agency recalls that tribal conflicts, including land issues, have long occurred in Papua New Guinea, but their severity has increased in recent years.
In Papua New Guinea, with a population of about 11 million people, 2.5 million people are considered Catholic.
Before this, during a tour of Southeast Asia and Oceania, the pontiff visited Indonesia. On Monday he will travel to East Timor, then to Singapore.
The agency explained that Francis made working around the Catholic world a policy priority and emphasized missionary work.
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