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The pope celebrated the Catholic Church of the peripheries on Sunday as he travelled to the remote jungles of Papua New Guinea, bringing with him a ton of medicine and toys. Flying aboard a Royal Australian Air Force C-130 transport plane from Port Moresby to Vanimo, Francis met with the local Catholic community and missionaries from his native Argentina. An estimated 20,000 people gathered on the field in front of the Vanimo cathedral singing and dancing when Francis arrived, who put on a feathered headdress that had been presented to him. Francis praised the church workers who go out to try …

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