East Timorese flock for Pope's Mass

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East Timorese flock to seaside park for Pope Francis' Mass at site of John Paul II's historic visit

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Tens of thousands of East Timorese flock to seaside park for Pope Francis' Mass at site of John Paul II's historic visit.

Francis celebrates Mass on the same site where John Paul celebrated an historic liturgy during East Timor’s fight for independence from Indonesian rule.

The park just outside Dili is said to have been a site where Indonesian troops disposed of bodies killed during their rule.

Francis met with clergy and religious sisters at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception .

He also heard the story of Florentino de Jesus Martins , an 89-year-old layman who has worked as a catechist, teaching the faith for the archdiocese of Dili , but had to retire because of his Parkinson's disease.

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