Tag: East Timorese Independence
Timor-Leste: The young nation whose prayers were answered
Pope Francis’ visit to Timor-Leste saw half the country’s population gather for Mass in the blazing Sun outside the capital, Dili. Proportionally, the turnout surpassed St John Paul II’s historic visits to Warsaw and Dublin in 1979. How this small, poor nation became the world’s most Catholic is a story of deliverance and answered prayers.
