BBC: East Timor mourns 'catalyst' Pope; AFP & President Gusmao: E. Timor mourns death of Pope John Paul Church Must Work With State For The People (interview with Bishop Alberto Ricardo da Silva, May 2004) People of Faith Call for International Tribunal for East Timor, Regardless of Indonesian Court Verdicts (May 26, 2003) ETAN is saddened by the May 1 death of retired New York Episcopal Bishop Paul Moore, Jr. He was a steadfast advocate for the people of East Timor. Read his article in the June 2002 issue of The Witness, "Celebrating an independent, but still vulnerable, East Timor." Interview with Bishop Nascimento December 30, 2003 From Passivity to Political Resource: The Catholic Church and Nationalism in East Timor by Chris Lundry Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo- Freedom Is Not Enough (May 18, Washington Post Op-ed) Statement by Bishop Belo to International Donors (April 2002) Bishop Belo on Elections (Aug. 2001); on Justice (Aug. 2001); on Refugees (Oct. 2001) Churches Call for Justice and Peace in East Timor (Nov. 2000) Resolutions on East Timor passed by United States religious institutions Observations From East Timor Rev. Max Surjadinata on the current scene, and a brief history of the Protestant Church in East Timor Letter of the Holy Father to the Bishops of East Timor
Recently deceased, New York's Cardinal O'Connor was a friend of East Timor. In May 1999, although ill, he met with a group of East Timorese in his office. In September, he phoned Dili to pledge support to the Salesian convent under siege during the height of East Timor's crisis. Timor's Bishop Belo Shares Nobel Peace Prize.
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