"Children are all important in Papua New Guinea's culture. Special care is given to their education in customs to ensure that tradition is handed down from one generation to the next. Since Christmas celebrates the birth of the Child, it fits well into the PNG mindset. For all our children the Child Jesus is a model and a friend."
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Prison Inmates Will Have Christmas Mass and Party With Archbishop Barnes: PNG Culture Gives Pride of Place to Children (23 December 2003) Fides News Agency
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Brian James Barnes
Brian James Barnes (23 March 1933 – 9 May 2017) was an Australian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of the Diocese of Aitape and as the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Port Moresby.
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