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Pope Francis in East Timor

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Pope Francis leaves East Timor: ‘I’ll never forget your smiles’

September 11, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Francis speaks at the Dili Convention Center in East Timor, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Rome Newsroom, Sep 11, 2024 / 11:15 am (CNA).
Before departing East Timor on Wednesday, Pope Francis told a group of young a… […]

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Pope Francis’ Mass in East Timor draws 600,000 Catholics

September 10, 2024 Catholic News Agency 3

Pope Francis during Mass at the Esplanade of Taci Tolu in Dili, Timor-Leste, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Dili, East Timor, Sep 10, 2024 / 13:21 pm (CNA).
An estimated 600,000 Catholics attended Pope Francis’ Mass on Tue… […]

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Pope Francis in East Timor says children show us how to ‘be cared for by God’

September 10, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Francis blesses children at the Irmas Alma School in Timor-Leste on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024 / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Rome Newsroom, Sep 10, 2024 / 10:45 am (CNA).
On the second day of his apostolic visit to East Timor (Timor-Leste), Pop… […]

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Catholics in East Timor welcome Pope Francis to their island ‘oasis’ of religious vocations

September 9, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis arriving at the meeting with bishops, priests, deacons, consecrated persons, seminarians and catechists in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Dili, East Timor, Sept. 10, 2024. / Vatican Media

Dili, East Timor, Sep 10, 20… […]

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How the Catholic faith has helped East Timor forgive

September 6, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

East Timor’s President José Ramos-Horta and Cardinal Virgílio do Carmo da Silva,speak to EWTN News in Depth in August 2024, ahead of the visit by Pope Francis. / Credit: EWTN News

Rome Newsroom, Sep 6, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA).
Pope Francis will l… […]

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20,000 miles over the sea: Here’s where Pope Francis is headed in Southeast Asia and Oceania

August 30, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Graha Maria Annai Velangkanni Church, an Indian-Mughal style Catholic church in Medan, Indonesia. / Credit: MarlonH/Shutterstock

CNA Staff, Aug 30, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA).
Pope Francis will embark on an 11-day trip on Sept. 2 that will bring him… […]

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