Timor Leste

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

Indonesia deports more than 100 Timor-Leste citizens

Group defied pandemic restrictions to cross the border for a martial arts event

Spike in new Covid-19 cases in Timor-Leste

The Catholic-majority country has imposed a lockdown in Ermera municipality and is ramping up vaccinations

Church, aid group team up to help kids in Timor-Leste

Dili Archdiocese, World Vision to work together to curb violence against children within families

Pope Francis 'hopes to visit Timor-Leste next year'

Vatican envoy says a visit might be possible in January 2022 if the Covid-19 situation improves

Filipino pastor claims new Covid variant is God's punishment

Korean Church raises funds to renovate care homes for elderly

Defrocked Timor-Leste priest's trial reaches final stage

Yet another Catholic church destroyed by Myanmar junta

Singapore, Malaysia ease Covid curbs at busy border

Japan to bar new foreign arrivals over virus variant