(9 Sep 2024)
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Dili, East Timor – 9 September 2024
1. Signage reading “Nicoloa Lobato Airport”
2. Security barricade at Nicalao Lobato Airport
3. Various security at airport
4. Various East Timor military personnel
5. Crowds gathering at roadside
6. Close of woman with Vatican flag
7. Various exteriors of Presidential Palace where Pope Francis is scheduled to visit
8. Presidential guard
9. Various East Timorese in traditional attire waiting for Francis
10. East Timorese at traditional decorations on roadside
11. Various welcome poster
STORYLINE:
Security was tight around Dili’s Nicalao Lobato Airport ahead of Pope Francis’s arrival on Monday in East Timor.
Timorese were also preparing to welcome the Pontiff along the route from the airport to the Presidential Palace where Francis is scheduled to meet with the President of the Republic and other authorities.
Francis has already covered the first two legs of his September 2-13 trip to Southeast Asia and Oceania, having visited Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, and is scheduled to arrive in East Timor from Port Moresby on Monday.
The Papal visit is a prime opportunity to put the world’s spotlight on East Timor, the youngest country in Asia.
Out of East Timor’s 1.3 million population, 97% or some 1.26 million identify as Catholic, making it the country with the highest percentage of Catholics outside of Vatican City.
AP Video shot by Syawalludin Zain
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