The people of East Timor gave Pope Francis a rousing welcome Monday as he arrived in the country to continue his tour of Southeast Asia. The Pope will address government officials and diplomats later ...

Timor-Leste is Asean’s newest member. By population, Southeast Asia’s smallest nation first applied for membership in 2011 ...

The funeral of Pope Francis, who died on Monday aged 88, has begun in St Peter’s Square in the Vatican, where hundreds of thousands of the Catholic faithful have gathered to bid farewell to the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP/By NICOLE WINFIELD) — Pope Leo XIV met Monday with one of the most prominent advocates for greater LGBTQ+ inclusion in the Catholic Church and encouraged his ministry, just days ...