on his third day in Papua New Guinea Pope Francis traveled to the coast of the country he was greeted by one of the three Argentine missionaries who motivated this visit to the dicese of vanimo there he listened to stories from a married couple religious sister and catechist who described why many missionaries stopped their work and there were only 15 left in the dicese we Face many challenges including the school feish of our children and need for housing for our families access to health care and education and transportation missions began in the country in the 1850s and now Catholics make up 30% of Papo new guin's population in his reflection the pope touched on the natural beauty of the country and encourage those present to use it to help spread a sense of fraternity and overcome division especially among the country's more than 300 tribes [Music] after his reflection Pope Francis left a golden rose which is only given on papal visits to Mary and shrines at the feet of a statue of Mary