Pope Francis ’s mass in East Timor has been attended by around 600,000 Catholic faithful – nearly half of the country’s ...

The Vatican says some 600,000 people have attended Pope Francis’ Mass in East Timor, or nearly half the country’s population.

Nearly half East Timor's population attended Pope Francis ' mass at a packed seaside park on Tuesday. An estimated 600,000 people flocked to the site, held on the same field where St. John Paul II ...

The Tasitolu park was a sea of yellow and white umbrellas—the colors of the Holy See flag—as Timorese shielded themselves from the afternoon sun awaiting Francis’ arrival for the afternoon ...

An estima­ted 600,000 people – a figure nearing half of Timor-Leste’s population – packed a seaside park for Pope Francis’ ...

Tourists came to town, eager to see ... flag, and her family says she did wave it (in cheering, not defiance) when Union ...

They waved Indonesian and Holy See flags and children played traditional bamboo instruments. The location of the cathedral is symbolically important for Indonesia's push for interfaith and ...

It’s John Greenleaf Whittier’s poem “Barbara Fritchie,” an American classic. For many decades, schoolchildren memorized and ...

The Vatican says some 600,000 people have attended Pope Francis’ Mass in East Timor, or nearly half the country’s population TASITOLU, East Timor -- An estimated 600,000 people — nearly half ...

But did the flag incident actually happen ... Tourists came to town, eager to see where the famous confrontation took place. Her name adorned products and tourist-related services.