DILI, East Timor (AP) — East Timor is in a festive mood as it prepares for the arrival of Pope Francis on his first trip to the deeply Catholic country, hard on the heels of the 25th anniversary of ...

Upon his arrival in the Catholic island of East Timor on Monday, Pope Francis entrusted the new country to the Blessed Virgin Mary, “I entrust East Timor and all its people to the protection of the ...

A small half-island country about the size of Montenegro, East Timor has turquoise waters lapping onto white-sand beaches and mountain roads winding up around mist-shrouded hills overlooking valleys ...

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 ...

In East Timor, a country where 98% of the population is Catholic, Pope Francis was met with great enthusiasm on Tuesday by local clergy and religious. About 600 clergy and religious crammed into the ...

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 years ago ...

DILI, East Timor (AP) — The president of East Timor sees Pope Francis’ upcoming visit as a prime opportunity to promote Asia’s youngest country on the world stage, not a time to confront the legacy of ...

Nearly half East Timor's population attended Pope Francis' mass at a packed seaside park on Tuesday. An estimated 600,000 people flocked to the site, held on the same field where St. John Paul II ...

The AP Interview: East Timor president sees pope stop as opportunity, not time to dwell on past sins The president of East Timor sees Pope Francis’ upcoming visit as a prime opportunity to promote ...

DILI – As Pope Francis begins his brief, two-day visit to East Timor, one of the key underlying issues he will have to grapple with is the clerical sexual abuse crisis, as the nation reels from ...

DILI, East Timor — The people of East Timor gave Pope Francis a rousing welcome Monday as he arrived in the Southeast Asian country to encourage its recovery from a bloody and traumatic independence ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DILI, East Timor (AP) — The president of ...