Editing Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo (section)

==Early life and religious vocation==
Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo was the fifth child of Domingos Vaz Filipe and Ermelinda Baptista Filipe, born in the village of Wailakama, near Vemasse, on the north coast of [[Portuguese Timor]]. His father, a schoolteacher, died two years after Belo was born. He attended Catholic schools at [[Baucau]] and Ossu and then entered the minor seminary in Dare outside [[Dili]], graduating in 1968. From 1969 until 1981, apart from periods of practical training in East Timor and [[Portuguese Macau|Macau]] from 1974 to 1976, Belo studied philosophy at the  [[Catholic University of Portugal]] and the [[Salesian Pontifical University]].<ref name="Peter Tukan 1997">{{cite book |last1=Tukan |first1=Peter |last2=de Sousa |first2=Domingos| editor-last = Beding| editor-first = Bona| date=March 1997 |title=Demi Keadilan & Perdamaian: Dom Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo |location=Jakarta |publisher=Peace and Justice Commission [[Diocese of Dili]] & Peace and Justice Secretariat [[Bishops' Conference of Indonesia]]| isbn=9799519101|pages= 38–39|language=id}}</ref>

Belo took his final vows as a member of the [[Salesian Society]] on 6 October 1974 and was ordained a priest on 26 July 1980.<ref>{{cite book | title = From the Place of the Dead: The Epic Struggles of Bishop Belo of East Timor |first = Arnold S. |last = Kohen | publisher = St. Martin's Press | location = New York |date= 1999 |pages=64, 101}}</ref> He returned to East Timor in 1981, taking Indonesian citizenship as required since [[Indonesian invasion of East Timor|Indonesia had invaded East Timor]] following the [[Carnation Revolution]].<ref name=smythe/> Belo became a teacher for 20 months and later director for two months at the [[Don Bosco Technical High School (East Timor)|Salesian College at Fatumaca]].