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Pope Francis holds a news conference aboard the papal plane on his flight back after his 11-day journey across Southeast Asia and Oceania, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. Francis went rogue plenty of times in Asia, and at the in-flight press conference coming back to Rome, he urged American Catholics to vote for who they thought was the "lesser evil" for president. (Guglielmo Mangiapane/Pool Photo via AP)

87 and hobbled, Pope Francis goes off-script in Asia and reminds world he can still draw a crowd

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Francis greets the volunteers on his arrival in Singapore, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Pope lands in economic power Singapore after a joyous visit to impoverished, devout East Timor

By Nicole Winfield and Niniek Karmini - Associated Press

East Timorese crowd Tacitolu park for Pope Francis' Mass in Dili, East Timor, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)

Pope Francis’ Mass in East Timor draws 600,000 people, nearly half the population

By Helena Alves, Nicole Winfield and Niniek Karmini - Associated Press

Pope Francis cheers at children in traditional dress as he attends with East Timor's President José Manuel Ramos-Horta, a welcome ceremony outside the Presidential Palace in Dili, East Timor, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. Pope Francis arrived in East Timor on Monday to encourage its recovery from a bloody and traumatic past and celebrate its development after two decades of independence from Indonesian rule. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Francis cheers East Timor’s recovery while acknowledging a bishop’s abuse scandal

By Nicole Winfield and Niniek Karmini - Associated Press

FILE - Catholic nuns visit the wake of Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo at his home in Dumaguete city, central Philippines on Monday March 6, 2023. Arnolfo Teves Jr., a former Filipino congressman who sought asylum in East Timor after being accused of orchestrating the killings will likely be returned home to face charges soon in the closely watched case, East Timor's president said Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Alan Tangcawan, File)

Filipino politician wanted over killings likely to be returned home soon, East Timor president says

By Adam Schreck - Associated Press

Pope Francis waves as he leaves after his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, Aug.28, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope embarks on longest, farthest and most challenging trip to Asia, with China in the background

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

A billboard welcoming Pope Francis stands above a mural honoring Bishop Belo and three others as national heros in Dili, East Timor, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Church sex abuse scandals in East Timor met by silence, but Pope Francis’ visit brings new attention

By Niniek Karmini, David Rising and Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Electoral workers assist a man in a wheelchair to cast his ballot at a polling station during the parliamentary election in Dili, East Timor, Sunday, May 21, 2023. East Timor on Sunday held its fifth parliamentary election since gaining its independence in 2002. (AP Photo/Lorenio L.Pereira)

East Timor votes in parliamentary election aiming to break political impasse

By Gantry Meilana - Associated Press

Illustration on Timor-Leste by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Timor-Leste: The most important nation you’ve never heard of

By Michael McKenna

This 2010 photo provided to The Associated Press shows the main building of the Topu Honis children's shelter in Kutet, East Timor. Foreign donors, tourists and aid workers who made the three-hour hike up the steep, narrow jungle path to the shelter were met by a grandfatherly priest who was often surrounded by laughing kids playing hopscotch in matching uniforms. (AP Photo)

Defrocked US priest revered in East Timor accused of abuse

By MARGIE MASON and ROBIN MCDOWELL - Associated Press

Debris litter an area hit by flash flood in East Flores, Indonesia, Sunday, April 4, 2021. Landslides and flash floods from torrential rains in eastern Indonesia have killed a number of people and displaced thousands, the disaster agency said Sunday. (AP Photo/Ola Adonara)

Rescuers hampered by damaged roads, more rain in Indonesia

By RICKO WAWO and NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press

A police officer escorts Richard Daschbach, center, a former missionary from Pennsylvania, U.S. upon his arrival for a trial at a courthouse in Oecusse, East Timor, Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. The defrocked American priest was set to go on trial Monday to face allegations he sexually abused young girls at a children's shelter he ran in a remote enclave in East Timor — one of the most Catholic places on Earth. (AP Photo)

East Timor postpones child sex abuse trial of ex-US priest

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General who brought East Timor peace returns 20 years later

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FILE - In this March 20, 2003, file photo, former Indonesian President B. J. Habibie waves to journalists as he arrives to testify in the trial of former military chief at a court in Jakarta. Habibie, who allowed democratic reforms and an independence referendum for East Timor following the ouster of the dictator Suharto, has died at age 83. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim, File)

Indonesians bury former president Habibie at state funeral

By NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, left, shakes hands with East Timorese President Francisco Guterres during their meeting in Dili, East Timor, Friday, Aug. 30, 2019. Australia has committed to invest in East Timor's naval infrastructure and provide an undersea internet cable between the countries as China increases its influence in the region. (AP Photo/Kandhi Barnez)

East Timor marks anniversary of vote for independence

By OKI RAIMUNDOS - Associated Press

Australian spy charged with bugging leak denied legal aid

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, left, receives souvenir of traditional Timorese woven cloths called 'tais' from East Timorese President Francisco Guterres during their meeting in Dili, East Timor, Friday, Aug. 30, 2019. Australia has committed to invest in East Timor's naval infrastructure and provide an undersea internet cable between the countries as China increases its influence in the region. (AP Photo/Kandhi Barnez)

Australia to improve East Timorese internet and naval base

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Australia approves treaty with East Timor over gas royalties

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

East Timor parliament OKs sea border treaty with Australia

By OKI RAIMUNDOS - Associated Press

American priest in East Timor embroiled in abuse scandal

By OKI RAIMUNDOS - Associated Press