PBS

Pope acknowledges bishop's abuse scandal while celebrating East Timor's recovery

DILI, East Timor (AP) — Pope Francis received a raucous welcome Monday as he arrived in East Timor to celebrate its recovery from a bloody and traumatic independence battle, even as he indirectly ...
National Catholic Register

How the Catholic Faith Has Helped East Timor Forgive

Missionaries first brought the Catholic faith to the island of Timor, off the northern coast of Australia, in 1515. East Timor’s President José Ramos-Horta and Cardinal Virgílio do Carmo da ...
CNN

Pope Francis’ Mass in one of world’s most Catholic nations gathers almost half its population

Pope Francis received a rapturous welcome from the tiny Southeast Asian nation of East Timor, one of the world’s most Catholic countries, where almost half the population turned out for an open-air ...
National Catholic Reporter

Church sex abuse scandals in East Timor met by silence, but Pope Francis’ visit brings new attention

When the Vatican acknowledged in 2022 that the Nobel Peace Prize-winning, East Timorese independence hero Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo had sexually abused young boys, it appeared that the global clergy ...
The New York Times

Pope Goes to East Timor, Where Scandal Shadows His Church’s Heroic Past

The Roman Catholic Church played an important part in East Timor’s independence struggle. But one of its heroes from that time has been accused of sexual abuse. By Sui-Lee Wee Reporting from Dili, ...