Pope Francis arrives in East Timor for the third leg of his tour

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The pontiff landed in the East Timor capital Dili on Monday (September 9) afternoon, part of his 12-day, four-country tour of Southeast Asia and Oceania. He was met at the airport by President Jose Manuel Ramos-Horta and two young women dressed in traditional outfits, who offered him flowers and a tais, a woven ceremonial scarf, which the pontiff briefly put on.

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