An estimated 600,000 people — nearly half of East Timor’s population —- packed a seaside park Tuesday for Pope Francis’ final Mass, held on the same field where St. John Paul II prayed 35 ...

Francis is the first pope to visit East Timor since it gained independence from Indonesia in 2002, becoming the first new sovereign state of the 21st century. Monday, June 30, 2025.

More than 95% of East Timor’s 1.4 million people are Catholic. Pope John Paul II visited the region in 1989, and he is credited with inspiring its people to gain independence from Indonesia, in ...

Banners of Pope Francis had been unfurled across Dili, the capital of East Timor, its streets scrubbed and its walls freshly painted. Hundreds of thousands of people were expected to try to catch ...

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Pope Francis is visiting East Timor after a clergy abuse scandal, but will he address it? When the Vatican acknowledged in 2022 that the Nobel Peace Prize-winning, East Timorese independence hero ...

Reuters. Pope Francis, East Timor's President Jose Ramos-Horta and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao pose for a photo during a meeting with authorities, civil society and the diplomatic corps at the ...

DILI, East Timor (Reuters) - The first ever cardinal of Roman Catholic-majority East Timor had barely had time to process the news of Pope Francis' death when he received the summons to attend the ...

Item 1 of 3 Timorese Catholics carry a cut-out of Pope Francis during a procession ahead of a prayer service, following his death, in Dili, East Timor, April 22, 2025.

Nearly half of East Timor’s population —- packed a seaside park Tuesday for Pope Francis’ final Mass, held on the same field where St. John Paul II prayed 35 years ago.

Pope Francis meets with East Timor’s President José Manuel Ramos-Horta, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and a prominent figure in East Timor’s struggle for independence, at the Presidential ...