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East Timor President Francisco Guterres delivers a speech in Dili in late January. The government of East Timor, one of Asia's most Catholic countries, is blocking a Nov. 23 trip by Guterres to the Vatican, where he plans to invite Pope Francis to visit the country. (CNS/Reuters/Lirio Da Fonseca)