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East Timor

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Pope John Paul plans to send an envoy to Indonesia to assess the situation there.

East Timor’s Bishop Carlos Belo says the Pope told him in Manila he would send a cardinal to have a closer look at the situa tion in the territory.

Bishop Belo did not say when the envoy would arrive but said the Pope always watched developments on East Timor.

The Vatican directly administers the Cathloic church in East Timor to which more than 95 percent of its residents belong.