Pope Francis arrives is Singapore for last stop on his Pacific tour

ABC NEWS (Australia)

Pope Francis has arrived in Singapore after celebrating mass with roughly half a million people in Timor Leste. Singapore is the final leg of a four-nation regional tour which has seen huge crowds turn out to see him.

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00:00Right to the end of his three days here in Timor-Leste, Pope Francis was greeted by large

00:08crowds as his motorcade left Dili to the airport to fly on to Singapore, plenty of people waving

00:15him goodbye, a ceremonial farewell at the airport, but the biggest highlight was Tuesday's

00:22Mass at an outskirts area of Dili with roughly half a million people.

00:28We were there, it was an extraordinary scene, and if the church was hoping that this visit

00:34of Pope Francis would really reaffirm people's commitment to Catholicism in this nation,

00:40I think they've been very successful.

00:42Timorese were all telling me that they just felt blessed and incredibly happy that Pope

00:47Francis made this journey here.

00:49Now Singapore, a little bit different.

00:51Catholics are a minority there, but nonetheless Pope Francis has a busy couple of days ahead

00:56of him.

00:57It will include Mass at the National Stadium, so we should see relatively large crowds gathered

01:04around Pope Francis in Singapore too.

01:07And then on Friday he will return to Europe, heading home finally after 12 days and four

01:13nations back to the Vatican.

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