"This will be a proud moment for me and my family, I think also for all the people of Timor-Leste," said a ... allowed it to ...
10 (UPI) --Pope Francis drew a crowd of 600,000 people as he held an outdoor mass in Timor-Leste on Tuesday that ... for all young people." Francis' visit comes amid accusations that Bishop ...
It is one of several controversies that has darkened the pontiff’s visit ... his time in Timor-Leste. While not mentioning that or any other case specifically, Pope Francis used his speech ...
At the conclusion of Pope Francis' Apostolic Visit to Timor-Leste, Cardinal Virgilio Do Carma Da Silva of Dili offers Vatican News a review of the Holy Father's presence, saying he has confirmed the ...
Families' homes are being demolished near Dili, the capital of Timor-Leste ... large amounts of money on the visit - including $1m on a brand new altar for Pope Francis. According to the UN ...
Timorese officials refused to answer questions about the Belo case, but there’s been no attempt to avoid mentioning him, with a giant billboard in Dili welcoming Pope Francis, whose visit starts ...
With 42 percent of Timor-Leste’s population living below the poverty line, some question the $12 million price tag of the papal visit. Francis’ longest trip yet will touch on some fraught ...
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Pope Francis on Tuesday signed the popemobile that he used during his visit to East Timor. The pontiff put ...
which shares borders with Timor-Leste, have asked priests, nuns, and the faithful to register with them if they want to attend Pope Francis’ visit to Timor-Leste. Along with Church authorities in ...
DILI, East Timor (AP ... told The Associated Press last week that Francis’ visit was not the time to revisit the church’s scandals. While saying it was for the Vatican to manage, having the pope raise ...
Pope Francis' autobiography is being released Tuesday. In it, an introspective pope divulges some of the behind-the-scenes dynamics of the secret 2013 conclave that elected him pope and the resistance ...