‘I’m so happy’: Indonesia prepares for first papal visit since 1989
Pope Francis will arrive in mostly Muslim Indonesia on Tuesday on the first part of a tour that will also take him to Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Singapore.
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Pope Francis’ Asia trip marks 60 years of papal visits to the region
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — Pope Francis’ visit to Southeast Asia, the longest trip in his papacy, is the latest in decades of regular papal visits to the Asia-Pacific region.
Pope Francis’ Indonesia visit to connect mosques & cathedrals via ‘Tunnel of Friendship’
The 28.3-metre “Tunnel of Friendship”, connecting the iconic Istiqlal mosque to the Our Lady of the Assumption cathedral, was built by the government in 2020 as a symbol of religious harmony, a theme the global head of the Catholic Church has also emphasised on his travels during his 11-year reign.
Listen to the popes on neoliberalism and the Global South
Just as Pope Paul VI’s controversial encyclical of 1968 – “Humanae Vitae” – foretold the demographic collapse now besetting much of the world, so his landmark “Populorum Progressio: On the Development of Peoples” has proven prophetic since its publication in 1967.
Pope Francis planning Indonesia visit, minister says
JAKARTA — Indonesia Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi on Wednesday (April 3) said Pope Francis was planning a visit to the predominantly Muslim country and discussions were ongoing with the Vatican about the trip.