On the second day of his apostolic visit to East Timor (Timor-Leste), Pope Francis first met with children and religious sisters at the Irmãs Alma School in Dili on Tuesday morning and thanked them ...

On Tuesday afternoon, the Pope is scheduled to hold a mass with an estimated 750,000 people on the outskirts of the capital Dili, at the Tasitolu, a wide dusty coastal area. East Timor, a half-island ...

BALI, Indonesia, Dec 14 (UNHCR) - Strong emotions swirl around the issue of children who become separated from their families during times of conflict. Tracing their parents and finding loving carers ...

(RNS) — Catholicism may be in decline in the West, but in East Timor, thousands gathered to catch a glimpse of the pope from the end of the world. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — In an unmistakable contrast to ...

Before departing East Timor on Wednesday, Pope Francis told a group of young adults he will never forget the smiles he witnessed during his visit to Asia’s youngest and most Catholic country. “There ...

TASITOLU, East Timor — 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 ...

Almost half the population of East Timor gathered this week for an outdoor mass held by Pope Francis. The pontiff held East Timor's first papal mass on Monday with over 600,000 worshipers in ...