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 ...

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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 ... at St Paul's Mission ...

St John Paul II beatified him on 17 January 1995 in Port Moresby. Last year, the bishops of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands requested to dispense Peter To Rot’s cause from a miracle.

Pope Francis has approved the decree for the canonization of Blessed Peter To Rot, a layman from Papua New Guinea martyred ...

Catholic preacher Peter To Rot will become Papua New Guinea's first saint, after the pope approved his canonisation. Born on the island of East New Britain, Peter To Rot was held in a Japanese ...

Pope Francis, who is still regaining the ability to speak, authorised the publication of the decree that he has cleared the path to canonisation for Papua New Guinea’s martyred layman Peter To Rot.

Catholic preacher Peter ToRot will become Papua New Guinea's first saint, after the pope approved his canonisation. Born on the island of East New Britain, Peter ToRot was held in a Japanese ...