DAILY CATHOLIC TUESDAY September 14, 1999 vol. 10, no. 174
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BISHOP BELO BRIEFS POPE ON TIMORVATICAN (CWNews.com) -- Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo, the apostolic administrator of Dili in East Timor, visited with Pope John Paul II over luncheon on September 13, to brief him on the eroding Timorese situation.Bishop Belo--who won the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts on behalf of the Timorese people--arrived in Italy on September 13 after having been driven out of his home in Dili by marauding paramilitary groups. He traveled immediately to the papal summer residence in Castel Gandalfo for his meeting with the Pontiff. During his trip to Rome, the Salesian bishop told reporters that he was "anguished" by the situation in his have land, had been unable to sleep, and was anxious to return to his people.
Bishop Belo's immediate plans are uncertain. There was some
speculation that he might hold a press conference in Rome on
Tuesday, September 14.
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