After a devastating fire, people in Bougainville found hope and strength from a statue of the Virgin Mary that survived the ...

Looking back over the last 12 months on the Vatican beat, it’s tempting to call 2024 “tumultuous” — tempting, that is, but ...

Riots and massacres, natural disasters, decolonization and militarization, human rights and media freedom, politics and ...

Pope Francis opens the Holy Year 2025, continues calls for peace, and addresses global challenges, emphasizing love, hope, ...

Papua New Guinea ... Pacific and create new opportunities for women and girls to get involved, as well.” Australian PM Anthony Albanese (R) shakes hands with Papua New Guinea PM James Marape ...

The Australian Rugby League Commission says it wants to make sure a PNG team can be competitive in the NRLW before it joins the women's premiership ... talent pool. Papua New Guinea is the ...

Indonesia's new president Prabowo Subianto has revealed plans to pardon as many as 44,000 convicts - about a third of the country's prison population. It is being cast as a human rights gesture but ...

The 2024 National Eucharistic Congress was a capstone event during the third year of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ initiative to renew faith in the Eucharistic Lord. The five-day congress ...

Violence against women and girls in emergencies is not merely a crisis; it is a clarion call for action. It represents a profound violation of human rights, undermining the safety, dignity, and ...

A group of Gisèle Pelicot’s Australian admirers say they're moved that the victim in France’s notorious drugging-and-rape ...

Today, the Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese and the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea James Marape announced the entry into force of the Australia – Papua New Guinea Bilateral Security ...

Women have been severely underrepresented at high levels of policymaking around global environmental concerns as well. In the climate arena, the need to improve women’s participation in negotiations ...