Pope Leo XIV received President José Ramos-Horta of Timor-Leste (East Timor) in a recent audience. Ramos-Horta was a recipient of the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize.
Following the audience, Ramos-Horta met with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of His Holiness, and Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations. The parties, according to a Vatican statement, discussed Church-state relations and the domestic and regional situation.
Timor-Leste (map), a Southeast Asian nation of 1.5 million, is 88% Christian (84% Catholic), 7% ethnic religionist, and 4% Muslim.