Dili (Agenzia Fides) - "May your faith become your culture" is the motto of Pope Francis' visit, who will visit East Timor from September 9 to 11, the third stage of his trip to the East which, from ...

Four hundred years of ensuing Portuguese colonial rule led to the widespread spread of Catholicism in East Timor and other cultural differences from Muslim-majority Indonesia. Today, East Timor ...

East Timor finally looks set to join the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) this year. The country’s accession to the bloc has been a long time coming. More than a decade ago when I ...

"May your faith be your culture, may it inspire principles, projects and choices in conformity with the Gospel". Officials sometimes refer to East Timor as the second-most Catholic country in the ...

“without leaving our culture, we must enculturate the faith.” Likewise, Father John Tamonolo, who is Indonesian but has been living and serving in East Timor for the past 24 years, spoke of ...

but Francis spoke to a free East Timor about its modern challenges. "The second visit for the Holy See, Pope Francis, it makes us have motivation to cultivate our identity, our culture ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia--East Timor is at an energy development crossroads. While the small Southeast Asian nation — and one of the world’s youngest countries — has made international and ...