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

Violent attacks near Barrick Gold's Porgera gold mine in Papua New Guinea (PNG) has likely killed at least 20 people and forced women and children to flee the region, local media reported.

Pope Francis on Saturday called for better treatment of workers in Papua New Guinea, a nation of some 600 islands in the ...

Pope Francis visited a remote jungle-flanked community in Papua New Guinea Sunday, where he urged an end to violence, and ...

Pope Francis traveled to the remote jungles of Papua New Guinea on Sunday to celebrate the Catholic Church of the peripheries ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Violence among illegal miners in Papua New Guinea ... and local authorities in Enga province in the nation's mountainous inland. "We have confirmed that at least 20 people ...

Pope Francis yesterday flew deep into the jungle of the Southwestern Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea ... 12-day, four-country tour of Southeast Asia and Oceania, the longest of his ...

PORT MORESBY, Sept 6 - Pope Francis arrived in Papua New Guinea on Friday evening from Indonesia, where the 87-year-old leader of the global Catholic Church will continue an ambitious 12-day tour ...

Pope Francis touched down in Papua New Guinea on Friday, the second country of his 12-day apostolic journey ... in the evening (local time) of Sept. 6 after a six-hour flight from Jakarta ...

Pope Francis called Saturday for an end to tribal conflicts that have wracked Papua New Guinea for decades and appealed for equitable development of its ...

The Holy Father arrived Friday for a three-day visit to Papua New Guinea, his second stop on a 12-day apostolic journey ... and he has also worked for local and international civil associations.