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In his homily, the Pope drew on the day’s Gospel reading about Jesus healing a deaf man, to emphasize the importance of overcoming distance from God and others, prompting the faithful to reflect on their own relationships.
Francis urges the faithful gathered at Marian shrine to emulate the saints by bringing Christ to others.
The Pope was welcomed to the capital city of Port Moresby on Sept. 7.
The Holy Father arrived Friday for a three-day visit, his second stop on a 12-day apostolic journey to Asia and Oceania.
John Paul II visited Papua New Guinea for the first time in May 1984.
People are preparing with great enthusiasm for the arrival of Pope Francis by praying the Rosary every night.
As part of his apostolic journey, Pope Francis is expected to visit a safe house for young girls in Vanimo and then, greet missionaries, staff, and students of a school he helped develop.
Bishop Donald Lippert, of the Diocese of Mendi in the Southern Highlands province, said that this kind of violence was “an ongoing problem” and “not uncommon.”
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