East Timor turns out in force for Mass with Pope Francis
Dili, East Timor Reuters An estimated 600,000 people in East Timor, just under half its population, turned out in the baking heat on Tuesday for a Mass with Pope Francis at a coastal park synonymous with the country’s long struggle for independence from Indonesia. Filling a wide, dusty area where Indonesian forces buried slain Timorese […]
East Timor: President says the Pope’s visit isn’t time to dwell on past sins
ADAM SCHRECK, of Associated Press, speaks with East Timor’s President José Ramos-Horta…