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By Matt Rosenberg, About.com Guide to Geography since 1997

Pope Had Major Impact on World's Newest Country

Thursday April 7, 2005
The Pope's visit to East Timor in 1989 had a major impact on that tiny country's fight for independence against Indonesia to become the world's newest country. Most of the country's population is now Roman Catholic, surrounded by Islamic Indonesia. More from the BBC.

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