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DILI — Pope Francis arrived on Monday 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.The 87-year-old pontiff is on an ambitious 12-day visit to four countries across Southeast Asia and Oceania, his longest overseas journey yet.
Organizers are preparing for some 750,000 people to attend a Mass with Francis on Tuesday at the Tasitolu, a wide, dusty coastal area where Indonesian forces were known to bury killed Timorese independence fighters.Since independence, the country has struggled with rebuilding its infrastructure and economy. In 2014, the World Bank estimated that some 42% of Timorese live in poverty and that some 47% of children are stunted because of malnutrition.
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