Indonesian authorities said Saturday the New Zealand pilot who’s been held hostage for more than a year in the restive Papua ...

A New Zealand pilot held hostage for more than a year in the restive Papua region of Indonesia has been freed by separatist ...

Indonesian authorities said Saturday the New Zealand pilot who’s been held hostage for more than a year in the restive Papua region has been freed by separatist rebels.

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

During his weekly General Audience, Pope Francis recalls his recent Apostolic Journey to Asia and Oceania, and praises the ...

The main themes were respect for one's culture, interreligious dialogue, and care for the poor and the environment.

Francis used the trip to highlight some of his core priorities as pope, including an emphasis on interreligious and ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Pope Francis has wrapped up his longest and most challenging trip ever, which took the 87-year-old pontiff more than 32,000 kilometers (20,000 miles) by air to four countries in the ...

When Pope Francis visited the remote jungles of Papua New Guinea, he landed in Vanimo, on the northwest coast of the country, ...

Catholicism may be in decline in the West, but in East Timor, thousands gathered to catch a glimpse of the pope from the end ...

Pope Francis delivered a message of hope, humility and renewal on Tuesday during a Mass that drew about 600,000 faithful in ...

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea — Pope Francis held an open-air mass for tens of thousands of Papua New Guinea’s faithful on Sunday, imploring this nation “at the edge of the world” to draw ...