E. Timor bishops leave for Vatican

DILI, East Timor: Bishop Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo and Bishop Basilio do Nascimento, of the Dili and Baucau dioceses respectively, will attend an Asian bishop conference in Vatican City from April 18 to April 30, Antara reported yesterday.

Pope John Paul II will open the conference, said Belo at Comoro Airport here minutes before he and Nascimento left for Rome.

The two bishops are expected to discuss the Dili and Baucau dioceses, which have yet to become members of the Jakarta-based Bishop Council of Indonesia (KWI).

Other Indonesian bishops taking part in the meeting will also discuss various problems facing the Indonesian church in the two- week conference, which is aimed to prepare Asian churches for the new millennium.