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Pope makes new overture to China, calling Beijing ‘a promise and hope’ for the church

Pope Francis has offered extensive praise for China at the end of a trip through Asia

The Independent UK

Pope says sex abuse is ‘demonic’ as he weighs in on new scandal in French church

Pope Francis has weighed in on the latest sex assault revelations that have further discredited a legendary French priest, Abbe Pierre

The Independent UK

East Timor Says Australia Pipeline Deal To Be Struck By November

East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta said on Wednesday a deal with Australia on a vast fossil fuel project seen as crucial to the tiny nation's economic future will be struck by November.

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Nearly half East Timor's population saw Pope Francis' Mass. Here are some other popular papal Masses

An estimated 600,000 people packed a seaside park in East Timor for Pope Francis' Mass — a figure nearing half of the small Southeast Asian country's population

The Independent UK

Pope Francis Arrives In East Timor On Southeast Asia Tour

Pope Francis visits East Timor as part of his tour, highlighting the Vatican's focus on Asia. The visit includes meetings with leaders and addressing histo...

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Pope Lands In Catholic-majority East Timor To Rock Star Welcome

Pope Francis arrived to a rock star welcome Monday in East Timor, where he will rally the Catholic-majority nation's faithful with a huge mass expected to attract more than half the country's 1.3 million population.

International Business Times

Pope arrives in deeply Catholic East Timor to encourage its recovery from bloody independence

Pope Francis has arrived in East Timor to encourage its recovery from a bloody and traumatic past and celebrate its development after two decades of independence from Indonesian rule

The Independent UK

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Vatican Thriller 'Conclave' Drums Up Oscars Buzz In Toronto

How do Catholic cardinals choose a new pope? Fiennes plays Cardinal Lawrence, who is tasked with organizing the so-called conclave, the ultra-secret assembly of cardinals that elects a pontiff.

International Business Times

East Timor Prepares For First Papal Visit Since Independence

Catholic devotees were clamouring to see Pope Francis before his arrival in East Timor's capital on Monday -- making pilgrimages from faraway towns and hours-long crossings of its shared border with Indonesia.

International Business Times

Popes were once confined to Rome. Now they travel the world – and Francis’ current journey is particularly significant

Pope Francis is continuing the tradition of papal journeys, having embarked on the longest trip of his papacy yet to Asia and the Pacific.

The Conversation

Pope Francis welcomed to remote Papua New Guinea as he seeks ‘to break down distances’

The pontiff visited the small town of Vanimo after delivering mass to an estimated 35,000 people in the capital of Port Moresby

The Guardian - AU

Child Abuse Scandals Hang Over Pope's East Timor Visit

When Pope Francis becomes the first pontiff to visit an independent East Timor, he will confront a clergy beset by child abuse scandals that have been largely ignored by the deeply Catholic country's freedom heroes.

International Business Times

Pope to bring in a ton of humanitarian aid to remote Papua New Guinea as he celebrates periphery

Pope Francis is honoring the Catholic Church of the peripheries in Papua New Guinea

The Independent UK

Pope Francis To Visit Remote Papua New Guinea Diocese

Explore Pope Francis' upcoming visit to Vanimo, Papua New Guinea, highlighting challenges and coexistence of Christianity with traditional beliefs.

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Pope to meet Papua New Guinea Catholics who embrace both Christianity and Indigenous beliefs

Pope Francis’s visit to Papua New Guinea will take him to a remote part of the South Pacific island nation where Christianity is a recent addition to traditional spiritual beliefs developed over millenia that remain deeply ingrained

The Independent UK

Pope heads to Papua New Guinea after final Mass in Indonesia before an overflow crowd of 100,000

Pope Francis is wrapping up his visit to Indonesia after celebrating Mass before an overflow crowd of 100,000

The Independent UK

The AP Interview: East Timor president sees pope stop as opportunity, not time to dwell on past sins

The president of East Timor sees Pope Francis’ upcoming visit as a prime opportunity to promote Asia’s youngest country on the world stage, not a time to confront the legacy of abuse by influential members of the clergy in the deeply Catholic nation

International Business Times

Pope's Gruelling Tour Gets Into Full Swing In Indonesia

Pope Francis was set to meet Indonesia's president on Wednesday after the 87-year-old appeared in good health and strong spirits when he arrived in the Muslim-majority nation to launch a gruelling tour of the Asia-Pacific.

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Where is the Pope visiting on his tour of Asia? Francis arrives in Indonesia

Papal arrives in Jakarta with pro-climate message and aim to unite faiths

The Independent UK

Pope opens Asia odyssey with stop in Indonesia to rally Catholics, hail religious freedom tradition

Pope Francis is heading to Indonesia to start the longest trip of his pontificate

The Independent UK

AP PHOTOS: Pope Francis' Asia trip marks 60 years of papal visits to the region

Pope Francis' visit to Southeast Asia, the longest trip in his papacy, is the latest in decades of regular papal visits to the Asia-Pacific region.

The Independent UK

Globetrotting Pope Francis starts one of longest papal trips ever – but why?

The Pope who turns 88 in December, uses a wheelchair and lost part of a lung to a respiratory infection as a young man

International Business Times

At 87, Pope Defies Expectations With Epic Voyage

By embarking aged 87 on the farthest journey of his papacy, Pope Francis is doing something some believed impossible -- and seeking to silence those who doubt his ability to fulfil his role.

International Business Times

From Indonesia To Singapore: Four Stages Of Pope's Trip

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.