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Pope Francis embarks Monday on a 12-day trip to Southeast Asia, the longest and farthest of his papacy that will challenge the 87-year-old's increasingly fragile health.

Pope Francis will visit Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Singapore over the next fortnight in his most ambitious trip in 11 years leading the worldwide Catholic Church.

Catholic Church in East Timor faces clergy sexual abuse allegations; victims seek Pope's acknowledgment.

When Pope Francis makes his trip to Asia's youngest country, East Timor, it will make him the second pope to visit after John Paul in 1989, and the first since the country gained independence from Indonesia in 2002

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 sexual abuse scandal that has compromised the Catholic Church’s credibility around the world had finally arrived in Asia’s newest country

Together with neighbouring Indonesia and Australia, the region is home to some of the oldest evidence of human life.

Pope Francis' upcoming papal trip to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor, and Singapore focuses on interfaith dialogue, climate change, community suppo...

Pope Francis will visit Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Singapore in September, the Vatican announced Friday, an ambitious trip that could test the 87-year-old's increasingly fragile health.

Former Filipino congressman arrested in East Timor for alleged involvement in killings, highlighting challenges of political conflicts and illegal firearms...

A Timorese-Australian artist blends cultural heritage with Mardi Gras flair in a lovingly crafted float to parade through the streets of both Sydney and Dili.

A general once feared across Indonesia and banned from the United States, has reinvented himself as a cute grandpa.