DILI, East Timor - A devout Roman Catholic couple in East Timor has seen firsthand two popes visit their tiny Asian country and now they are praying they may witness another, once a successor is ...

More than 1,500 people packed into a cathedral in East Timor on Tuesday and an overspill of hundreds swarmed outside as one of the world’s most devoutly Roman Catholic nations mourned the ...

Helde Marcal Belo, a civil servant, in tears after the Mass, said he had been moved by Francis' decision to visit East Timor last year as part of a gruelling 12-day tour of Asia and Oceania, the ...

More than 600,000 people - or nearly half East Timor's 1.3 million population - turned out to see Francis last year during his 12-day visit to Asia and Oceania.

DILI: Catholic majority East Timor on Tuesday began seven days of national mourning to mark the death of Pope Francis, with people gathering for prayers and flags flying at half-mast across the ...

East Timor has become a stable democracy after securing independence in 2002. But its finances are precarious, and nearly half of its people live in poverty. Vendors at the Taibesi market in Dili ...

Australia's Prime Minister and the leaders of ASEAN member states and East Timor pose for a family photo at the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit, in Melbourne on March 5, 2024 [File: Reuteres/Jaimi ...

DILI (Reuters) - East Timor would prefer to work with Australia and partners Woodside Energy and Japan's Osaka Gas over Chinese firms that have expressed interest in developing the stalled Greater ...

Tom Hyland had, in his own words, “72 years of happy life”. The former bus driver from Ballyfermot, Dublin, and East Timor solidarity leader died early on Christmas Eve in a Timorese hospital ...

Bangladesh and East Timor have agreed to take bilateral relations to a new height, the foreign ministry said. President of East Timor José Ramos-Horta is on an official visit to Bangladesh at the ...

Before departing East Timor on Wednesday, Pope Francis told a group of young adults he will never forget the smiles he witnessed during his visit to Asia’s youngest and most Catholic country.

An estimated 600,000 Catholics attended Pope Francis’ Mass on Tuesday in East Timor, a small island country that is 98% Catholic. The pope celebrated the youthfulness of East Timor at the ...