The long trip by a frail, 87-year-old pope was seen as a bold endeavor and a muscular step for a global church looking East.

Signs of the times. On his tour, Pope Francis promoted peace, religious harmony, and Catholicism’s engagement with Islam, ...

In Papua New Guinea, Pope Francis has supported Catholic missions and called for a better sharing of wealth.He concludes the ...

East Timor is in a festive mood as it prepares for the arrival of Pope Francis on his first trip to the deeply Catholic ...

The tremor was centered in a patch of ocean some 300 kilometers east of the town of Vanimo, which is preparing to host Pope ...

Excavators have begun clearing land in the Indonesian region of Papua in what’s been described as the largest deforestation ...

The movement that sparked the mass struggle is rallying behind Anura Kumara Dissanayake to revive a broken economy.

Pope Francis leaves on Monday for a visit to four island nations across southeast Asia, an ambitious trip to urge global ...

The president of East Timor sees Pope Francis’ upcoming visit as a prime opportunity to promote Asia’s youngest country on ...

East Timor pulled out all stops for Pope Francis’ historic visit to one of the world’s youngest and poorest countries to the ...

It was that victory of faith that Pope Francis celebrated in Tacitolu earlier this week.

ope Francis landed in Papua New Guinea's capital Port Moresby on Friday, the second stop of a marathon 12-day tour to the Asia-Pacific region. The 87-year-old is making only the third papal visit ...