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 ...

Francis landed in Dili, the capital, for a 48-hour stop on his two-week tour through Asia. More than 95% of East Timor’s 1.4 million people are Catholic. Pope John Paul II visited the region in ...

Pope Francis on third leg of ambitious four-country trip Vatican expects 750,000 people for open-air Mass on Tuesday East Timor, population 96% Catholic, recently affected by abuse scandals DILI ...

Vatican estimates at least 600,000 attend Mass, nearly half the population Francis is first pope to visit in 35 years, following John Paul II East Timor is one of two mainly Catholic countries in ...

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 ...

So much so that nearly half the population of East Timor gathered Tuesday in a seaside park for Pope Francis’ final Mass in the small Southeast Asian country whose people are deeply Catholic.

(AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File) Faithful gather at the Esplanade of Taci Tolu during Pope Francis’ apostolic trip to Asia, in Dili, East Timor, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (Willy Kurniawan ...

East Timorese crowd Tacitolu park for Pope Francis' Mass in Dili, East Timor, on Tuesday, Sept. 10. (AP photo/Firdia Lisnawati) In the Tasitolu park outside of the capital that Indonesian troops ...

SINGAPORE (AP) — Pope Francis flew to Singapore on Wednesday ... one of its poorest after a record-setting final Mass in East Timor. After a brief farewell ceremony, Francis, the Vatican ...

Pope Francis greets people in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Dili, East Timor, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara) Pope Francis arrives at the ‘Irmas ALMA ...