Timor Leste

Pope's Timor-Leste visit depends on vaccination drive

Papal envoy warns the trip can only take place if a mass Covid vaccination campaign is a success

Timor-Leste launches religious tourism association

Catholic country seeks to cash in on the $18 billion global religious tourism market

Timor-Leste's govt hits the Covid campaign trail

Ministers head to cities to remove doubts over vaccines and to ensure the country meets its 80 percent vaccination target

Timor-Leste forum seeks ways to curb domestic violence

UN teams up with religious groups to achieve Sustainable Development Goal and overcome 'serious social problem'

Timor-Leste to compensate Covid vaccine-hit patients

Payout offer an attempt to lure vaccination doubters into getting jabbed

Timor-Leste's prime minister tests positive for Covid-19

Taur Matan Ruak catches the virus despite being fully vaccinated as the country battles a surge in cases

Timor-Leste priest suspended over presidential aim

Father Gusmao says he wants to get involved in politics without being constrained by the Church's rules

US indicts Timor-Leste's defrocked priest

Federal grand jury in Washington charges Richard Daschbach with seven counts of engaging in illicit sexual conduct

Timor-Leste's health system 'faces collapse'

Spike in Covid-19 cases sparks government warning, appeal for international aid

SVD denies conspiracy in sex abuse case of defrocked Timor-Leste priest

Congregation official says it stood by victims as Richard Daschbach betrayed their trust, the donors and his superiors

Covid-19 spike forces school closures in Timor-Leste

The government shuts schools as cases rise due to an outbreak of the contagious Delta variant

Timor-Leste looks to open first Catholic university this year

Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak says the Church's initiative will help preserve the quality of higher education

Flash floods, landslides kill 24 in southern India

Sri Lankan cardinal seeks global support for Easter attack victims

Abduction of US, Canadian missionaries tests Haiti govt in turmoil

Pakistan-born Anglican bishop converts to Catholic Church

Philippines begins vaccinating kids against Covid-19

Cambodia begins opening up after reaching herd immunity