Amid crime, poverty and climate change, Pope gives nod to peripheries in Papua New Guinea

PORT MORESBY – Pope Francis has concluded the first leg of his four-nation tour of Asia and Oceania, leaving Indonesia Friday morning and landing in Papua New Guinea, where he is likely to address key agenda items such as poverty and climate change.

When he sets foot in PNG’s capital city of Port Moresby, Francis also will be stepping into one of the most dangerous cities in the world, sitting at around 80.5 on the World Population Review’s crime index.

The U.S. Embassy...