Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo has been bishop of Dili, East Timor, for 15 years. His entire time as bishop has been under Indonesian occupation of his native country. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1996, sharing it with pro-independence activist Jose Ramos Horta, also of East Timor, who lives in exile in Australia. Journalist Daniel Kestenholz spoke with Belo on April 13.
Kestenholz: What is the role of the church in East Timor?
Belo: We try to be the voice ...