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Pope Francis LIVE | Pope Francis Latest News | Pope Francis Visits Papua New Guinea LIVE : Addresses Bishops Of Png & Solomon Islands | N18G On the second leg of his 12-day journey to four countries, Pope Francis will take a six-hour flight Friday morning, Sept. 6, from Jakarta, Indonesia, to Port Moresby, the capital of Papua New Guinea, a predominantly Christian country in Oceania. He is the second pope to visit Papua New Guinea; St. John Paul II visited twice: first in 1984 and then a brief visit on Jan. 16, 1995, for the beatification of the country’s first indigenous martyr, Peter To Rot, a catechist killed by the Japanese during their occupation of the country in World War II. Later that evening, he will greet and speak to the bishops of . and the Solomon Islands as well as priests, deacons, seminarians and catechists at the Shrine of Mary Help of Christians. There he will be welcomed by John Ribat, ., the city’s archbishop and the country’s first cardinal, who was given
