For many trans women living on the fringes of the nation’s society, the Catholic Church is a haven, and Pope Francis a ...

The Roman Catholic Church played an important part in East Timor’s independence struggle. But one of its heroes from that ...

His visit follows the 25th anniversary of the U.N.-backed referendum that paved the way for the country's statehood.

Indonesia’s People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) emphasized that MPR Resolution No. XXXIII/MPRS/1967 stripping first ...

Among the recent additions to Indonesia's ranks, Jay Idzes -- handed the captain's armband in only his fourth cap -- was a ...

While Indonesia's Catholic community is only 3 per cent of the population, it still numbers in the millions and plenty of its ...

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Pope Francis was set to arrive in East Timor on Monday, where he will lead a massive rally for the Catholic-majority nation ...

The people of East Timor gave Pope Francis a rousing welcome Monday as he arrived in the Southeast Asian country to encourage ...

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The overwhelmingly Catholic country had eagerly awaited Francis’ arrival, 25 years on from a bloody and traumatic ...

Some 98% of East Timor’s 1.3 million people are Catholic, making it the most Catholic country in the world outside the ...