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His three-day Papua New Guinea leg is capped by an afternoon visit to Vanimo, a town of around 14,000 near the border with Indonesia that is inaccessible by road from much of the country, forcing authorities to ship the Pope’s car by barge from the capital Port Moresby.
The pope said natural resources should be developed in a sustainable manner that "improves the wellbeing of all, excluding nobody, through [...] international cooperation, mutual respect and agreements beneficial to all parties".
The 87-year-old pontiff will spend four days and three nights in one of the Pacific's poorest and most troubled nations, addressing politicians and bishops, meeting street children, and travelling to the remote jungle outpost of Vanimo.
From sending blessings through telegrams to heads of state whose countries he passes over to riding in a car commonly used by regular Indonesians, Pope Francis has shown a display of humility during his visit to Jakarta, which Religious Affairs Minister Yaqut Cholil Qoumas said should be an example for the people.
The pope is scheduled to meet President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo at the State Palace on Wednesday, in the first major set piece of his tour, followed by a speech to officials and diplomats, in which he is expected to touch on religious harmony in the world's most populous Muslim-majority country.
