People arrived as early as 1 a.m. and sat on the ground, many braving the sun for hours in scorching temperatures
Pope Francis gestures to the Catholic faithful after leading Mass at the Esplanade of Tasitolu, in Dili, East Timor, on Sept. 10.An estimated 600,000 people in East Timor, just under half its population, turned out in the baking heat on Tuesday for a Mass with Pope Francis at a coastal park synonymous with the country’s long struggle for independence from Indonesia.
Former Portuguese colony East Timor is a half-island nation of 1.3 million people north of Australia and one of only two predominantly Catholic countries in Asia. Noting some Timorese beaches have crocodiles, he told the crowd: “Be careful of those crocodiles that want to change your culture, your history”.
Francis is the first pope to visit East Timor in 35 years, following John Paul II, whose appearance gave the country’s independence movement an historic boost.
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