Pope Francis was set to visit one of the most remote outposts of the Catholic Church on Sunday. During his stay in the Pacific state of Papua New Guinea, the 87-year-old was expected to visit the small town of Vánimo on the north coast, home to some 10,000 inhabitants. The area, almost 15,000 kilometres from Rome, used to be a German colony. Earlier on Sunday, the head of the Catholic Church held mass in front of tens of thousands of believers in a football stadium in the capital Port Moresby. Papua New Guinea has vast reserves of minerals and resources including gold, copper and natural gas. …