The pontiff visited the small town of Vanimo after delivering mass to an estimated 35,000 people in the capital of Port Moresby
Pope Francis meets with the faithful of the diocese of Vanimo at the esplanade in front of the Holy Cross Cathedral in Vanimo, Papua New Guinea.Pope Francis meets with the faithful of the diocese of Vanimo at the esplanade in front of the Holy Cross Cathedral in Vanimo, Papua New Guinea.Pope Francis travelled to Vanimo, on Papua New Guinea’s remote north-west coast, after celebrating a mass in the capital of Port Moresby in front of an estimated audience of 35,000 people.
“You are doing something beautiful, and it is important that you are not left alone,” Francis told the crowd, which the Vatican estimated at 20,000, in a meeting outside the town’s one-storey, wood-panelled cathedral parish. The pope’s visit to Vanimo is likely to be the highlight of his visit to Papua New Guinea, the second leg of his four-nation tour of south-east Asia and Oceania. After first stopping in Indonesia, Francis heads on Monday to East Timor and then wraps up his visit in Singapore later in the week.
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