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.

More than 95% of East Timor’s 1.4 million people are Catholic. Pope John Paul II visited the region in 1989, and he is credited with inspiring its people to gain independence from Indonesia, in ...

Pope Francis received a rapturous welcome from the tiny Southeast Asian nation of East Timor, one of the world’s most Catholic countries, where almost half the population turned out for an open ...

Pope Francis is visiting East Timor after a clergy abuse scandal, but will he address it? Pope Francis will come face to face with the Timorese faithful on his first trip to the country, ...

Pope Francis celebrated a papal mass in East Timor on Monday, drawing a crowd of over 600,000 worshipers representing almost half of the country's entire population.

Pope Francis meets with East Timor’s President José Manuel Ramos-Horta, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and a prominent figure in East Timor’s struggle for independence, at the Presidential ...

Pope Francis cheers at children in traditional dress as he attends with East Timor’s President José Manuel Ramos-Horta, a welcome ceremony outside the Presidential Palace in Dili, East Timor ...

Pope Francis arrived on Monday in East Timor, a predominantly Catholic nation in Southeast Asia, for a three-day visit that will include an open-air celebration of Mass the Vatican says could draw ...

Pope Francis landed in East Timor, also called Timor-Leste, on Sept. 9 for the third leg of his 11-day trip to Southeast Asia and Oceania.Evangelization has been an essential theme of the journey ...

Pope Francis speaks during a visit at the ‘Irmas ALMA’ (Sisters of the Association of Lay Missionaries) School for Children with Disabilities in Dili, East Timor, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024.

A billboard welcoming Pope Francis stands above a mural honoring Bishop Belo and three others as national heros in Dili, East Timor, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024.

Pope Francis Arrives in East Timor, Asia’s Youngest and Most Catholic Country The country is overwhelmingly Catholic, with Catholics making up 98% of East Timor’s 1.3 million people. Courtney ...