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View all search resultsCases include Nobel-winning Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo, who helped Asia's youngest nation free itself from Indonesian occupation, but who the Vatican secretly punished over claims he had sexually abused young children for decades.
Indonesia has been celebrated for its religious moderation and tolerance, but as in many other countries, minority faith groups here have been experiencing rising intolerance and restrictions on religious freedom.
With only five buses available to travel the Kupang-Dili route, calls are mounting for the government to assist the swaths of people hoping to complete the nine-hour long journey to see the head of the Catholic Church.
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