In one of his final acts, Pope Francis cleared the way for Papua New Guinea to get its first saint -- an anti-polygamy preacher who died in prison during Japan's World War II occupation.

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Blessed Peter To Rot was a layman from present-day Papua New Guinea, a second-generation and married catechist martyred for his faith during the Japanese occupation in World War II and revered as a ...

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Pope Francis approves the canonisation of Peter To Rot as PNG's first saint, not long after being released from hospital.

AP Photo/Mark Baker A child holds up a statue of Peter To Rot ... Peter To Rot was beatified by Pope St. John Paul II on January 17, 1995, in Port Moresby, the capital of Papua New Guinea. According ...