Timor Orientale
Timor-Leste's first archbishop aims to unite faithful
UCANews

Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Virgilio do Carmo da Silva of Dili as Timor-Leste’s first archbishop, 17 years after the country gained independence. The announcement was made on Sept. 11 by Archbishop Joseph Salvador Marino, apostolic nuncio to Malaysia and Timor-Leste, during a Mass to commemorate the visit by Pope St. John Paul II to Dili 30 years ago. Timor-Leste has three dioceses — Dili, Baucau and Maliana — with a total population of 1.3 million, of whom 97 percent are Catholics. (...)

Vaticano
Bollettino della Sala stampa della Santa Sede. Erezione della Provincia Ecclesiastica di Díli

Sala stampa della Santa Sede

Erezione della Provincia Ecclesiastica di Díli (Timor Orientale) e nomina del primo Arcivescovo Metropolita
Il Santo Padre ha eretto la Provincia Ecclesiastica di Díli (Timor Orientale), elevando la Diocesi in parola a Chiesa Metropolitana; essa avrà come Chiese suffraganee le Diocesi di Baucau e Maliana, e ha nominato primo Arcivescovo Metropolita S.E. Mons. Virgílio do Carmo da Silva, S.D.B., attuale Vescovo di Díli.
Dati statistici
La Diocesi di Díli occupa la parte centrale di Timor Orientale. Si estende su 4.775 kmq., ed è suddivisa in 5 Distretti. I Cattolici sono 630.176, su 667.331 abitanti (94,4%), serviti in 30 parrocchie. I sacerdoti sono 149 (63 diocesani e 86 religiosi). Partecipano alla pastorale anche 132 fratelli e 432 suore. I seminaristi maggiori sono 98. La Diocesi si avvale anche del servizio di numerosi catechisti. (...)

Timor Orientale
Aussie priest remembers East Timor’s troubled, violent beginnings and the glimmers of hope
The Catholic Leader

(Mark Bowling) Amid the bullets and terror surrounding East Timor’s vote for independence, an Australian priest witnessed the depth of humanity, but he also saw courage, spirit and glimmers of hope.“The faith of the Timorese was completely powerful,” Jesuit Father Peter Hosking, who headed the Jesuit Refugee Service in East Timor at the time of the independence vote 20 years ago this week (August 30), said. (...)

Timor Orientale
Church springs to aid of Timor-Leste flood victims
UCANews

Franciscan priests and nuns in Timor-Leste have distributed aid relief to flood victims following five consecutive days of heavy rain that reportedly killed three people, submerged many homes and destroyed crops. More assistance is expected from churchgoers and the government over the next few days. The May 8-12 rains caused the Au River to overflow, submerging the homes of hundreds of people in Fatuberliu, in Manufahi district, about 190 kilometers south of the capital Dili. (...)

Mondo
(Argentina) Absolvieron al sacerdote Yáñez: “Perdono a los que me acusaron falsamente”

losandes.com.ar

(Gonzalo Villatoro) El cura estaba acusado de haber abusado sexualmente de dos jóvenes en Monte Comán. El fiscal no mantuvo la acusación. Al cabo de cinco años, la causa por abuso sexual contra el sacerdote Fernando Yáñez llegó a su fin. El juez Rodolfo Luque absolvió al cura de los cargos que le endilgaban luego de que la fiscalía, al igual que la querella, desistiera de mantener la acusación. El sacerdote de 67 años lloró afuera del palacio de tribunales y, entre las pocas palabras que pronunció luego de escuchar la sentencia, dijo: “Es muy significativo que esto empezó un Miércoles Santo y Jesús indignamente (...)

- (Messico) Ordenan prisión preventiva contra sacerdote acusado de pederastia en Chihuahua (proceso)
- (Italia) Napoli, l'uomo vittima del prete pedofilo di Ponticelli fa appello al Papa (Cronache Campania) 
- (Messico) A proceso, sacerdote acusado de violación (periodicomexicano)
- (Timor Orientale) Ex-padre acusado de abusos sexuais em Timor-Leste detido para interrogatório (Lusa - rtp.pt)

Timor Orientale
East Timor defrocks Catholic priest after case of Catholic child sexual abuse is confirmed

Abc.net

An American missionary who was a hero in Timor-Leste for founding children's shelters that have operated for more than two decades has been expelled from his Catholic congregation after admitting to sexual abuse of minors. Media reports about the allegations have stunned the country, also known as East Timor, one of two predominantly Catholic nations in Asia along with the Philippines. The bishop of Dili, Virgilio do Carmo da Silva, told reporters that (...)

Mondo
(Stati Uniti) Catholic Church to give money to N.J. victims of priest sex abuse. Here’s how it will work

nj.com/news

(Kelly Heyboer) A fund to compensate people who were sexually abused by priests is being set up in New Jersey as the Catholic Church prepares to release of the names of all priests and deacons credibly accused of victimizing children in the state. The New Jersey Compensation Fund for Victims of Church Sexual Abuse of Minors will evaluate claims of abuse and offer settlements to victims, organizers said Monday. It will operate independent of New Jersey’s five dioceses. The money will be paid by the New Jersey diocese where the accused priest worked. (...)

- (Timor Orientale) US priest, 82, who built children’s shelters in East Timor admits he sexually abused minors (scmp.com)
- (Messico) Atenta la CEDH en caso del padre Aristeo Baca (diario.mx) 
- (Argentina) El ex sacerdote Emiliano Lamas va a juicio (gacetasalta)
 - (Stati Uniti) Varios sacerdotes fueron acusados de abuso sexual en un seminario de Santa Bárbara (telemundo)
- (Stati Uniti) New Jersey Catholic dioceses to provide victim names to fund (FoxNews)
- (Stati Uniti) New Mexico AG Wants Ex-Priest in Jail Before Rape Trial (usnews.com)- (Messico) Tres sacerdotes de Matamoros fueron acusados de pederastia (regeneracion)- (Stati Uniti) Alleged abuse victim seeks $1 million from Bishop Cote (today)

Mondo

(Spagna) Víctima de abusos sexuales en la Iglesia: "Era un demonio que decía que lo que me hacía era un secreto"

Abc.es

Cuando vieron su rostro, 40 años después, como profesor de un campamento para jóvenes volvieron a recordar el horror de los abusos sexuales. "Vuelve el demonio del pasado, que metía mi mano en su bragueta, se restregaba y luego decía que esto era un secreto entre nosotros", rememora Javier, víctima de abusos sexuales. Un secreto roto, de momento, por 14 hombres, entonces niños, denunciando al profesor de los Salesianos de Deusto. "Es como sacar la basura. Podíamos animar a víctimas más recientes cuyos casos no estarían prescritos", asegura otro de los denunciantes. En Constantí, Tarragona, varios monaguillos también han revivido con impotencia el silencio de la Iglesia (...)

- (Stati Uniti) Catholic Diocese Discloses Alleged Abusers (austinchronicle.com)

- (Stati Uniti) 2 priests on New Orleans' list of accused clerics face additional molestation claims in new lawsuit (theadvocate.com)
- (Stati Uniti) Buffalo Diocese says Bishop Kmiec correctly handled Nashville abuse complaint (buffalonews.com)
- (Stati Uniti) Investigation finds 27 local priests accused of sexual abuse (thetowntalk.com) 
- (Stati Uniti) Diocese discloses five former NELA priests accused of sexual abuse (thenewsstar.com)
- (Stati Uniti) 'A Reckoning With The Past': Priest Responds To Child Sex Abuse Accusations Within Church (npr.org)
- (Stati Uniti) Valley Man Speaks Out About Alleged Abuse from Priest (krgv.com)
- (Timor Orientale) Laicized priest in Timor-Leste refuses to give up ministry (UCANews) 
- (Spagna) Destituído otro rector por abusos sexuales, el de Arbeca (El Nacional)
- (Ecuador) Defensoría del Pueblo pide a Iglesia Católica medidas contra sacerdote acusado de abuso sexual a dos niñas en Guápulo (metroecuador.com.ec)

Mondo

(Spagna) La Fiscalía de Bizkaia se querella contra el cura de los 'scouts' acusado de abusos

religiondigital

(C.D./Agencias) Argüello asegura mantener "encuentros" con víctimas y subraya la "toma de conciencia" de la Iglesia. El sacerdote de Bilbao apartado de los "scout" de Bizkaia en noviembre por "comportamientos inadecuados contra la libertad sexual" ha sido acusado por la Fiscalía de cuatro delitos de abusos de menores en otro caso más de la pederastia que tanto el obispo de Cartagena, José Manuel Lorca Planes, como el secretario de los obispos españoles, Luis Argüello, han calificado hoy como un "problema serio" para la Iglesia. Según ha confirmado a Efe el Ministerio Público, la Fiscalía (...)

- (Stati Uniti) Philadelphia Priest On Administrative Leave After Sexual Abuse Allegations (philadelphia.cbslocal.com) 
- (Irlanda) Catholic priest seeks to halt trial for indecent assault of girl over 40 years ago (breakingnews.ie)
- (Stati Uniti) U.S. priest laicized for child abuse in East Timor; police investigate (CNS - NC Reporter) 
 - (Stati Uniti) Philadelphia priest placed on leave following sex assault allegations (fox29)
 - (Spagna) Justicia pide al fiscal información sobre los abusos sexuales en la Iglesia (elperiodico)
- (Spagna) Un exalumno víctima de abusos sexuales en Salesianos asegura que el colegio lo sabía (publico.es)
- (Spagna) El Vaticano apartó durante dos años al actual rector de Constantí por presuntos abusos (El Nacional)
 - (Stati Uniti) U.S. priest laicized for child abuse in East Timor; police investigate (Crux)

Timor Orientale

Nella provincia occidentale di Timor Est padre Tara aiuta le popolazioni locali a salvaguardare l’ambiente. Il francescano che ripianta gli alberi

L'Osservatore Romano

(Francesco Ricupero) Da anni è impegnato in prima persona nello sviluppo sostenibile nella provincia occidentale di Timor Est. In particolare, cerca di promuovere la rivitalizzazione dell’agricoltura locale al fine di evitare l’emigrazione. Insieme alla popolazione locale, padre Yohanes Kristoforus Tara, aiuta a trasformare le aride e desolate terre della provincia occidentale di Timor Est. Molte persone, infatti, in passato avevano abbandonato la provincia per andare a lavorare all’estero o nelle piantagioni di olio di palma di Sumatra o di Kalimantan.

Timor Orientale
Parlamento timorense nega autorização a visita do Presidente à Santa Sé
Diário de Noticias

O Parlamento Nacional timorense chumbou hoje a deslocação do Presidente da República, Francisco Guterres Lu-Olo, ao Vaticano, devido à "situação do país, naquela que foi a quarta recusa a uma viagem ao estrangeiro do chefe de Estado. ários deputados da Frente Revolucionária de Timor-Leste Independente (Fretilin), na oposição, criticaram o chumbo às deslocações de Francisco Guterres Lu-Olo ao estrangeiro, com David Ximenes a questionar o que definiu como "tirania da maioria". (...)

Timor Orientale
Terrorist fears spread to Timor-Leste as bishop threatened
UCANews

(Jose Belo and Michael Sainsbury) Police in the overwhelmingly Catholic nation of Timor-Leste have issued warnings about potential attacks by Islamic extremists on churches and even the capital city's prelate Bishop Virgilio do Carma da Silva of Dili. There was a heavy police presence around churches and at the bishop's palace this week, including Sunday Masses, with both uniformed and plain-clothed officers armed with machine guns. (...)

Timor Orientale
Church at center of controversy in Timor-Leste election
UCANews

As it faces a second general election in 10 months, the Fretilin-led Timor-Leste government has handed over the first tranche of a promised US$15 million to the Catholic Church amid swirling controversy around support for the party by the head of the nation's bishops' conference. (...)

Timor Orientale
Mysterious Easter Mass collapse of Timor-Leste bishop
UCANews

Mystery surrounds the collapse of Timor-Leste's most senior bishop, Basilo do Nascimento, during Mass on Easter Saturday. Witnesses said he collapsed in the middle of Mass at St. Anthony Cathedral in Bacau, the small nation's second city. "The bishop collapsed and didn't continue the Mass. People took him to the hospital for some treatment," (...)

Timor Orientale
The pioneering prelate of Timor-Leste
UCANews

Timor-Leste Bishop Basilio do Nascimento of Baucau celebrated 21 years of his Episcopal ordination in January this year, which is almost as long as the diocese he leads is old. The 67-year-old prelate is the first and current bishop of Baucau, about 120 kilometers east of the capital Dili. The diocese was officially established on Nov. 30 1996, seven years after Pope John Paul II (...) 

(fr) Mgr Basilio, l’évêque pionnier de Timor Leste (Eglises d'Asie)

Timor Orientale
Una nuova parrocchia e un nuovo ospedale per la missione dei Gesuiti
Fides

La missione dei Gesuiti a Timor Est compie passi avanti: come appreso da Fides, una storica missione dei religiosi è divenuta chiesa parrocchiale ed è stato inoltre aperto un nuovo centro medico che aiuterà soprattutto gli abitanti delle aree rurali. Il 7 ottobre la comunità cattolica di Railaco ha gioito con la comunità dei gesuiti e con tutta la Chiesa di Timor Est (...)

Timor Orientale
Dili Diocese grows, helps Timor-Leste progress
UCANews

(Katharina R. Lestari) Bishop of Dili says govt recognizes the Catholic Church as partner in serving the people -- Salesian Bishop Virgilio do Carmo da Silva of Dili in Timor-Leste sees potential for a fourth diocese as the number of Catholics grows on the island nation. Established in 1940,  (...)

Timor Orientale
Timor Est: Vocazioni sovrabbondanti
Settimana News

(Antonio Dall'Osto) Mentre un po’ dappertutto nella Chiesa ci si lamenta della mancanza di vocazioni al sacerdozio, vi è un piccolo Paese dell’Asia dove invece c’è sovrabbondanza: è Timor Orientale, chiamato anche Timor Est. È il paese con la più alta percentuale di cattolici del continente. Secondo dati recenti, il 96,9% della popolazione è costituita infatti da cattolici, il 2,2% da protestanti e uno 0,3 da musulmani. (...)

Timor Orientale
New seminary looks to beat priest shortage in Timor-Leste
UCANews

St. Joseph Minor Seminary opens with expectations high it will provide enough priests to serve more than 1 million people -- Asia's most Catholic nation, Timor-Leste, has a new seminary to tap the growing number of young people who want to study to become priests after finishing junior high school. (...)

Timor Orientale
A Timor Est aprirà presto un centro medico gestito dall’Ordine di Malta
Ordine di Malta

Un nuovo centro per l’assistenza medica primaria aprirà a breve a Dili, Timor Est, uno dei Paesi più poveri dell’Asia. Il centro sarà in grado di visitare circa 200 persone al giorno, in una delle zone più svantaggiate della città. L’assistenza medica a donne e bambini sarà al centro dell’attenzione della clinica, che comprende anche ambulatori e sale operatorie. (...)