Peter To Rot was born in 1912 in Rakunai, a village on the Melanesian island of New Britain, today an eastern province of the independent nation of Papua New Guinea. Due to the lack of ...

Blessed Peter To Rot, who is set to become Papua New Guinea's first saint, died after being poisoned in 1945 Gabrielle Rockson is a staff writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in 2023 and ...

Pope Francis has cleared the way for Papua New Guinea to get its first saint after approving decrees related to the canonisation of the late Peter To Rot from East New Britain. The Pacific nation ...

The late pontiff confided to religious leaders in the Pacific nation that he wanted to personally oversee the canonisation of "martyr" Peter To Rot. Now, that honour will fall to his successor.

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis has authorized the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints to publish the decree for the canonization of catechist and martyr Peter Tor Rot, who will thus become ...

Papua New Guinea will soon have its first saint after Pope Francis approved the canonisation of local preacher Peter To Rot overnight. Born at Rakunai village on the island of East New Britain in ...

Blessed Peter To Rot of Papua New Guinea ... The pope also approved the beatification of Italian diocesan priest Carmelo De Palma and declared Brazilian priest José Antônio de Maria Ibiapina ...

Blessed Peter To Rot of Papua New Guinea ... The Pope also approved the beatification of Italian diocesan priest Carmelo De Palma and declared Brazilian priest José Antônio de Maria Ibiapina ...

The remote country in Oceania will have its first saint: Peter To Rot, a lay catechist, married and father of three children, killed in 1945 by the Japanese occupation forces. The Vatican Press ...