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Pope Francis will be the second pontiff to visit Timor-Leste, after St. John Paul II, who made a brief stop in the capital Dili on 12 October 1989 during his Apostolic Journey to the Far East that year, drawing international attention to the plight of the East Timorese people under the repressive Indonesian rule. Pope Francis will be the second pontiff to visit Timor-Leste, after St.
In the youngest nation in Asia , with an overwhelming Catholic majority of 96%, preparations for the visit are in full swing. Fr. Graciano Santos Barros, who serves as Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Dili, told Fides that the motto is an invitation to Timorese Catholics to live their faith in harmony with their cultural heritage. The priest noted that it is also a reminder of the close link between their Catholic faith and the troubled decades of the Indonesian occupation.
The history of this former Portuguese colony evangelized in the XVI century is intimately intertwined with the Church that played a major role during the 25 years of struggle for self-determination, by being close to the suffering East Timorese people and denouncing the atrocities committed by the Indonesian occupying army, while working for peace and reconciliation.
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