Tag: East Timor

This story, the Pope said, tells us that “the fragrance of Christ and his Gospel” is “a gift that we must preserve and are called to spread.”

Footage emerged last week of a police operation to remove street vendors in an area where Pope Francis was set to travel in Dili

On Monday Francis will become the first pope to visit the Catholic-majority country since independence in 2002

The Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, who serve the Church in Timor-Leste, eagerly await Pope Francis and are carrying out catechism lessons and outreach in rural parishes ahead of his Apostolic Journey in September.

Announcing the news on Facebook, the Burmese head of diplomacy criticized the alleged "irresponsibility" of the Dili government

The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith was “first involved in this case in 2019” and imposed restrictions on Belo

Cardinal-elect Virgilio do Carmo da Silva of Dili, East Timor's first cardinal, speaks with Vatican News on various issues

"The Catholic Church is inseparable from the history of our small nation," said missionary priest Bento Barros Pereira

“When I heard this news, I was so shocked I almost fainted,” said Archbishop Dom Virgilio do Carmo da Silva

Ramos-Horta spoke of helping to preserve "regional and global peace" and expanding bilateral relations with China