Pope Francis continues his longest international visit to date: a two-week tour of Southeast Asia and Oceania. Veteran Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell reports live from Dili, the capital city of Timor Leste, sharing insights into the pope’s historic visit to Papua New Guinea and Timor Leste—where nearly half of the country’s population gathered to celebrate Mass with him—and previews the final leg of the trip to Singapore.
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- In Papua New Guinea, Pope Francis will meet with missionaries from his homeland Argentina
- In Papua New Guinea, Pope Francis addresses economic inequality and challenges to peace
- Pope Francis visits ‘the periphery of the peripheries’ in Vanimo, Papua New Guinea
- A brief history of Timor Leste, the most Catholic country in Asia
- Pope Francis celebrates Mass for nearly half the population of Timor Leste