Published September 06,2024
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An overflowing crowd of greater than 100,000 individuals celebrated the top of Pope Francis‘ profitable go to to Indonesia as his regional tour proceeds to Papua New Guinea.
“Thank you for the superb welcome that I have received,” the pope stated as he left the Southeast Asian nation. “May God bless you and make you grow and persevere in peace and fraternal love!”
Amid ongoing wars in Gaza and Ukraine, claiming a whole bunch of lives each week, Francis within the capital Jakarta referred to as for a “joint response” to conflicts and crises, stating: “We can respond together to the crises, wars, conflicts that are inflicting so much suffering, unfortunately caused at times by the manipulation of religion.”
Reflecting on his assembly with the pope, Indonesian President Joko Widodo stated: “Together with Pope Francis, we call for peace and unity … Unity in diversity has united Indonesia’s diverse religions, ethnicities, and languages.”
Francis grew to become the primary Catholic chief in many years, and the third total, to go to the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation, following within the footsteps of Pope Paul VI in 1970 and John Paul II in 1989. It took practically three many years for one more papal go to to the multi-faith nation.
The 87-year-old pontiff arrived in Jakarta on Tuesday as a part of his longest Asia-Pacific tour, which incorporates stops in Papua New Guinea, East Timor, and Singapore.
This marks the forty fifth abroad journey of his papacy, and Indonesia is the 66th nation the pope has visited since his papacy started in 2013.
Spread throughout 4 nations, it’s his longest abroad journey.
Source: www.anews.com.tr