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 ...

On the 50th anniversary of Indonesia’s invasion of East Timor, longtime independence advocate and now the country’s President ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, left, receives the gift of traditional Timorese woven cloths called 'tais' from East Timorese President Francisco Guterres during their Friday meeting in Dili ...

KUALA LUMPUR: East Timor joined the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) bloc as its 11th member state on Sunday, after 14 years of campaigning. Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, ...

Bishop Basilio do Nascimento of Baucau, East Timor, is pictured in a 2003 photo during a visit to Washington. Do Nascimento died at the age of 71 Oct. 30, 2021, at Nacional Guido Valadares Hospital in ...