A video filmed during Pope Francis' visit to East Timor has been shared hundreds of times with a false claim that it shows a ...

An estimated 600,000 people — nearly half of East Timor’s population —- packed a seaside park Tuesday for Pope Francis’ final ...

So much so that nearly half the population of East Timor gathered Tuesday in a seaside park for Pope Francis’ final Mass in the small Southeast Asian country whose people are deeply Catholic.

COMMENTARY: The papal trip to Asia shows how such pilgrimages are an encounter of deep faith in far-flung places.

Seeking to learn more, I reached out to Sister Julia Shideler, a Maryknoll Sister of Saint Dominic, who is now completing a ...

Pope Francis publicly thanked God for allowing him “to do as an old pope what I would have liked to do as a young Jesuit...” ...

Francis drew attacks over clergy sexual abuse, the role of women in the church and his stance on abortion, reflecting ...

Pope Francis' 45th apostolic journey to Southeast Asia and Oceania highlights unity and hope, overcoming challenges with ...

AsiaNews met with Archbishop Mathieu on the sidelines of the Synod, a few hours before the announcement of his elevation to ...

In a letter on the anniversary of the October 7 attacks in the Middle East, Pope Francis calls for an end to conflict and a ...

In a brief press conference on the plane returning from Belgium, Pope Francis answered questions including one on Israel’s ...

Pope Francis greets people in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Dili, East Timor, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara) Pope Francis arrives at the ‘Irmas ALMA ...