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Catholic faithful wait on a street to welcome Pope Francis in East Timor's capital Dili on Sept. 9. , where he will rally the Catholic-majority nation's faithful with a huge mass on the third stop of a grueling 12-day Asia-Pacific tour.
"This will be a proud moment for me and my family, I think also for all the people of Timor-Leste," said a waiting 42-year-old Nunsia Karmen Maya. Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao swept the streets with locals to help clean up the city before the pontiff's arrival.Francis will be the first pope to visit the country, where about 98 percent of its 1.3 million people are Catholics, since its independence in 2002.It is the third leg of his 12-day Asia-Pacific tour, the longest of his papacy, which has already taken in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea and will conclude in Singapore.
While East Timor is devoutly Catholic, it is also one of the world's poorest countries, heavily reliant on oil and gas revenues that experts say could be depleted within years.It has allocated $12 million for the visit, including $1 million for the mass altar alone -- which on Sept. 8 stood beside a large crucifix.
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