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

New research conducted at Walufeni Cave, an important archaeological site in Papua New Guinea, reveals new evidence of long-distance interactions between Oceania's Indigenous societies, as far back as ...

The Mallomys istapantap, New Guinea's largest woolly rat, has been captured on video for the first time, offering rare ...

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

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

An Irish influencer is facing intense criticism after posting a TikTok video in Papua featuring what he labeled a “cannibal tribe.” The viral clip showed the creator and a group of tourists ...

(OSV News) -- When Pope Leo XIV raises three women and four men to the altar Oct. 19, he will canonize a diverse group of ...

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

A 56-page report claims Papua New Guinea’s rainforests are under threat from unsustainable logging by Malaysian or ...

UK banks, energy giants and arms exporters are at the heart of one of the world’s least-known human rights and environmental ...

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday created seven new saints -- among them a onetime Satanic priest who rediscovered his Christian faith.

Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, attends the ground breaking ceremony for the landmark fuel storage facility in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea on September 15, 2025.