Timor-Leste: POPE FRANCIS MEETING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE (last day in Timor-Leste)
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS “Centro de Convenções” (Dili, Timor Leste)Wednesday, 11 September 2024 ___________________________ Dadeer di’ak! (Good morning!) First of all, I will ask all of you a question, and we will see who can answer it: What do young people do? You [pointing to a young woman]. [the young woman]. “Proclaim Christ!” Very good. […]
Timor-Leste: POPE FRANCIS HOMILY in TASI-TOLU, DILI
HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS Esplanade of Tasi-Tolu (Dili, Timor Leste)Tuesday, 10 September 2024 _________________________ “A child has been born for us, a son given to us” (Is 9:6). With these words, in the first reading, the prophet Isaiah addresses the inhabitants of Jerusalem. It was a prosperous time for that city, but sadly also characterized by […]
Timor-Leste: POPE FRANCIS MEETING WITH BISHOPS, PRIESTS, DEACONS, CONSECRATED PERSONS, SEMINARIANS AND CATECHISTS
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Dili, Timor Leste)Tuesday, 10 September 2024 ___________________________ Dear brother Bishops,Dear priests, deacons, consecrated persons and seminarians,Dear catechists, brothers and sisters, good morning! Many of the youngest – seminarians, young religious – remained outside. And now, when I saw the bishop, I told him that he has […]
Timor-Leste: POPE FRANCIS VISIT TO CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES OF THE IRMÃS ALMA SCHOOL
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS Irmãs Alma School (Dili, Timor Leste)Tuesday, 10 September 2024 ___________________________ There is one thing that always makes me think. When Jesus talks about the final judgement, he says to some people: “Come with me”, but he does not say: “Come with me because you were baptized, because you were confirmed, because […]
Timor-Leste: POPE FRANCIS MEETING WITH THE AUTHORITIES, CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS Presidential Palace Hall (Dili, Timor Leste)Monday, 9 September 2024 ___________________________ Mr President,Mr Prime Minister,Distinguished members of the Government and Diplomatic Corps,Your Eminence, dear brother Bishops,Representatives of Civil Society,Ladies and Gentlemen! I thank you for the kind and joyful welcome to this beautiful country of Timor-Leste. I am grateful to the President, […]