Pope Francis arrives in Timor-Leste for third leg of 12-day overseas trip

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Pope Francis arrived on Monday (Sept 9) in Timor Leste, a predominantly Catholic nation in Southeast Asia, for a three-day visit that will include an open-air celebration of mass the Vatican says may include more than half the population of 1.3 million.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Pope Francis arrived in Timor-Leste on Monday for a three-day visit, which will include

00:07a mass to be attended by more than half the population of 1.3 million.

00:12The 87-year-old head of the Catholic Church is the second pope since 1989 to visit Timor-Leste,

00:18which is a predominantly Catholic nation.

00:21He was flown in from Papua New Guinea, where he delivered medical supplies as part of 12-day

00:25visit to four countries, which is his longest overseas trip yet.

00:30He was in Indonesia from September 3 to 6 before departing for Papua New Guinea.

00:35Organizers in Timor-Leste said the mass with the pope will be held in the Tacitolu area

00:40on Tuesday.

00:42Yes, I love him very much.

00:48His Holiness is a person who has a lot of humanity and affection.

00:57I love to see His Holiness.

01:00This is the second visit from Pope.

01:03There was a different, different time because when the first visiting of Pope, 2nd John,

01:09we were occupied by Indonesians.

01:11But now we are happy because we are free, we are as a new nation.

01:18So we are very happy to receive, to meet with Pope Francis.

01:23Singapore will be the last stop for the pope from Wednesday to Friday.

01:27Authorities said security has been heightened during the visit, which will include a mass

01:32for some 50,000 people.

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