Timor-Leste: The young nation whose prayers were answered

Pope Francis in Timor-Leste. Photo: Armando Lay. During a visit to Indonesian-occupied East Timor in 1997, a leading priest showed me the remarkable evidence of the Catholic Church’s outreach to the remote and forgotten corners of the rugged territory, …

Service, smiles and minties: Bundaberg veteran reflects on her time in East Timor

Timor-Leste: Female journalist arrested

Female journalist Antónia Kastono Martins was arrested while covering the eviction of street vendors in Timor-Leste’s capital, Dili, on September 4. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the Timor Leste Press Union (TLPU), …

First National Commemoration Of New Zealand Service In Timor-Leste

At 11am on Saturday 21 September 2024 the first national commemoration of New Zealand’s service in Timor-Leste will take place at Wellington Cathedral of St Paul. This commemoration marks 25 years since the first New Zealand troops arrived in Timor-Leste ( …

Some 600,000 people in East Timor turned up for mass with the pope

Some 600,000 people in East Timor turned up for mass with the pope

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Pope mass draws 600,000 in Catholic-majority East Timor

Best messages from papal trip to Indonesia, Papua New Guina, East Timor and Singapore

Pope Francis made an important trip to one of the more remote places for Christianity: Southeast Asia and Oceania-places where the Catholic Church is less prominent and the last papal visit was decades ago. In Indonesia, the most important message was this …

The rapturous welcomes in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Singapore clearly energised the pope

Pope Francis' Mass in East Timor draws 600,000 people

TASITOLU, East Timor: Thirty-five years after St. John Paul II prayed during the nation's fight for independence from Indonesia, an estimated 600,000 people packed the same seaside park this week for Pope Francis' final Mass. The turnout was a …