Timor-Leste
Notable Catholic Saints
Bl. Dom Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo (Bishop of Dili, Nobel Peace Prize 1996, beatification cause open); the Martyrs of Timor (causes open for clergy and laity killed during occupation)
Asia-Pacific
Timor-Leste
The world's second-newest nation and one of its most Catholic — in Timor-Leste, the Church was the people's only institutional defender during 24 years of brutal Indonesian occupation, and today over 97% of the population is Catholic in a faith that is inseparable from national identity.
Timor-Leste
Notable FEAST DAYs
Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Dec 8) — National Holiday; Our Lady of Aitara (Oct) — national Marian pilgrimage; Restoration of Independence Day (May 20) celebrated with Mass
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