Leste, Papua New Guinea and Singapore, the head of the Catholic Church showed that the Vatican — like many other Western ...

I stood among hundreds of thousands as the national anthem was sung for the first time, the flag was raised, the new ...

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

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Pope Francis delivered a message of hope, humility and renewal on Tuesday during a Mass that drew about 600,000 faithful in ...

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

The faith that sustained the hope of the people of Timor-Leste in their struggle for independence should be a resource now as ...

Pope Francis celebrated a mass for hundreds of thousands of faithful in East Timor on Tuesday, rallying nearly half the ...

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

The sheer number of people descending on Dili caused at least one local telecom company to inform customers that the pope's visit would affect their signal. Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao even got ...

Firefighters sprayed water over the crowds to keep them cool, while East Timor Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao gave water to dancers awaiting Francis. "It's very hot but no problem for us ...

Celebrations begin - The city had a $12 million makeover before the visit and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao helped sweep the streets with locals as the government rolled out the red carpet.