The pontiff held East Timor's first papal mass on Monday with over 600,000 worshipers in attendance — a jaw-dropping turn-out for a country with a population of approximately 1.3 million.

Pope Francis’s East Timor Mass attended by 600,000 – half the country’s population Francis will be only the second pope to visit Singapore, one of the wealthiest nations ...

East Timor, also known as Timor-Leste, has been overwhelmingly Catholic ever since Portuguese explorers first arrived in the early 1500s and some 97% of the population today is Catholic.

Nearly half of East Timor’s population —- packed a seaside park Tuesday for Pope Francis’ final Mass, held on the same field where St. John Paul II prayed 35 years ago.

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 ...

TASITOLU, East Timor (AP) — Popes are popular. 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 ...

TASITOLU, East Timor — An estimated 600,000 people — nearly half of East Timor’s population —- packed a seaside park Tuesday for Pope Francis’ final Mass, held on the same field where St ...

TASITOLU, East Timor (AP) — An estimated 600,000 people — a figure nearing half of East Timor’s population —- packed a seaside park Tuesday for Pope Francis’ final Mass, held on the same ...