East Timor leader declares week of mourning for Pope Francis ...Middle East

“Not only the Catholics of East Timor but all religions and all communities feel the loss of the pope,“ the Nobel Laureate said in a video statement during a state visit to Bulgaria.

Ramos-Horta said flags would be flown at half-mast for a week from Tuesday.

The Argentine pontiff visited Asia’s youngest nation, one of the world’s most Catholic countries, last September.

He held a mass on the outskirts of Dili that authorities said attracted almost half of the country’s 1.3 million people.

“It is still fresh in our minds, the pope’s visit to East Timor,“ Ramos-Horta said.

“Before he left the airport, the pope held my hand and said ‘pay attention to these beloved people’.”

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