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According to National Youth Commission Ricardo Da Costa Belo, the Pope’s visit to Timor-Leste could have a long-term impact on young people in the Asian nation also facing youth violence and crime.

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Ahead of Pope Francis' arrival in Singapore on Wednesday, several leaders of various faiths have expressed their hopes for peace and interreligious dialogue in the Asian country.

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The Venezuelan opposition leader, Edmundo González Urrutia, has requested asylum in Spain, with Nicolás Maduro saying he "respects" his decision to leave Venezuela.

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In Timor-Leste, Pope Francis holds a lively exchange with his fellow Jesuits from various regions of Asia and offers a special embrace and welcome to the 103-year-old Portuguese Jesuit who has served in Timor-Leste since the Indonesian occupation.

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In a homily delivered to an estimated 600,000 people – or nearly half the population of Timor-Leste – Pope Francis says that children are both a blessing and a sign.

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Pope Francis makes his way through the streets of Dili on Tuesday morning to visit the Irmas Alma missionary school for children with disabilities and then to the city’s Cathedral to be with the country’s bishops, priests, nuns, consecrated men and women, seminarians and catechists.

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The annual celebration of the Blessed Virgin Mary’s birthday, which falls on 8 September, was this year celebrated at St Leo’s parish in Lagos. Over five thousand children and adults were fed, a remarkable feat given Nigeria’s challenging times of biting economic hardship

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Addressing clergy, consecrated persons, seminarians and catechists at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Dili, Pope Francis urges them to preserve and spread the fragrance of the Gospel in Timor-Leste.

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Pope Francis visits a school for children with disabilities, thanking the workers for their care and the children for allowing themselves to be cared for.

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Pope Francis wraps up his four-day visit to Papua New Guinea and lands in Dili, the capital of Timor-Leste, for the third leg of his four-nation visit to Asia and Oceania.

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