Organisers are preparing for some 750,000 people to attend a Mass with Pope Francis on Sept 10.
DILI - Pope Francis arrived on Sept 9 in Timor-Leste – a predominantly Catholic nation in Southeast Asia – for a three-day visit that will include an open-air celebration of Mass, which the Vatican says may include more than half the population of 1.3 million.to a small town located at the edge of a vast jungle, in one of the most remote areas of the world.
The country is likely the most Catholic in the world, with the Vatican saying some 96 per cent of Timorese are adherents to the faith. Although Timorese have remained overwhelmingly Catholic, the church in the country has been affected recently by abuse scandals.
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