Pope Francis asked people to pray at the liturgy that "we may reflect in the world the strong and tender light of God's love, ...

His visit comes on the heels of the 25th anniversary of the U.N.-backed referendum that paved the way for overwhelmingly ...

Some 600,000 Catholics in Timor Leste, almost half the population of the majority-Catholic country, attended the Mass ...

East Timor is in a festive mood as it prepares for the arrival of Pope Francis on his first trip to the deeply Catholic ...

Pope Francis was set to hold one of the biggest masses of his papacy in East Timor on Tuesday, with more than half of the ...

The CNRT won 31 out of 65 seats in the National Parliament, putting leader Xanana Gusmao in strong position to form a governing coalition. Despite rumors of potential Chinese involvement ...

Jose Da Costa Guterres hobbled on crutches in East Timor's searing tropical heat on Tuesday as he inched his way past traffic ...

After decades of brutal occupation by Indonesia and widespread devastation following its independence referendum, the country ...

Pope Francis arrived Monday in East Timor, where he will rally the Catholic-majority nation's faithful with a huge mass on ...

When Pope Francis touches down in the East Timorese capital of Dili this week he will be landing in a totally different ...