timor leste

Presidential candidates promise safe poll

Second round runoff contestants vow to keep supporters in check

President concedes defeat in polls

Church lauds peaceful election, runoff to take place next month

Thousands return home for election

Government lends helping hand to get people to their villages

March held for peaceful election

Country must turn its back on violence, show united front for national stability

Jesuits give school back to diocese

Society praised for for developing both the Church and the nation

Affairs and divorce 'among top problems'

The head of the Commission for Justice and Peace and the Pastoral Migrants and Itinerant People of the diocese of Atambua, on Timor Leste, has reminded people that extramarital affairs and divorces among local Catholic couples jointly rate third in legal

Wikileaks on Ramos-Horta

Leaked US embassy cables reveal Timor-Leste's Jose Ramos-Horta ripping into fellow leaders and the country's parliament - but also on the receiving end of criticism from a Vatican official, according to a report in the Sydney Morning Herald.

Horta underlines freedom credentials

Nobel Peace Prize winner explains importance of Church in nation-building

Center brings rare opportunities for rural women

Poor farming families learn to run a small business

Jesuits plan educational institute in Timor Leste

After withdrawing from the administration of Colégio de São José in Dili, the Jesuits have announced plans for an educational institute in Timor Leste that will also train teachers, said a report on the Jesuit Asia Pacific Conference website.

Forum urges Church action on rights

The Church is needed to take a lead in human rights and good governance issues, a forum in Dili was told yesterday. Participants, NGO staff and Catholics, heard an election commissioner,

Catholic youths remember victims

Struggle for independence commemorated on 20th anniversary of massacre

Sisters to teach computer skills

Sisters of the Missionario Jesus Futar Fuan Domin (MJFFD, Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus), will launch a three-month computer and English skills training program in Dili diocese for young people who have dropped out of school. About 17 Sisters
  • Timor Leste recognizes missionary heroes
  • Timore Leste president Jose Ramos Horta has praised the work of many Catholic missionaries who lived and worked with the local population before independence from Indonesia. In a speech to mark the National Day, Horta recalled an Italian Salesian priest,
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