MEETING THE FAITHFUL
The main focus of this stay is interracial ties, and he will hold a meeting with staff from all six faiths at the Istiqlal Mosque, which is the largest in Southeast Asia and a sign of interreligious unity.
He does sign a joint declaration with the temple’s great imam focusing on “dehumanisation” through the spread of issue, as well as environmental decay, according to the Indonesian priests ‘ event.
But he will first attempt to energize the local Catholic devout with an address at Jakarta’s church, which is across the street from the minaret, on Wednesday evening.
After a fire at the end of the 19th century, the church, which is connected to the dome by a “tunnel of friendship,” was rebuilt there. In recent days, Catholics have taken selfies with a life-sized bishop replica it.
The bishop will meet with students as part of a multilateral system of institutions he founded in 2013 to assist underprivileged children.
Catholics are expected to group out the government’s 80, 000 nationwide football facility on Thursday for an interfaith gathering and the main function of his Jakarta stay, a mass.
The journey to Indonesia is the second one made by a bishop and the first since John Paul II in 1989.
The visit, which was originally scheduled for 2020 but was postponed because of the Covid crisis, occurs only three weeks before his 88th day.
He had never traveled abroad since he was in Marseille, France, in September of last year.
His private doctor and two nurses travel with him to Indonesia, according to Vatican spokeswoman Matteo Bruni, who said it was common practice.