Rome. Pope Leo XIV declared himself a Roman on Sunday as he completed the final ceremonial steps cementing his role as the ...

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TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Archbishop of Jakarta Cardinal Ignatius Suharyo reminisces about the late Pope Francis' visit to Indonesia. The Pope, who passed away on April 21, 2025, spent four days in ...

Francis met with Umar last September during a visit to Indonesia, where the pope signed an interfaith declaration of solidarity and visited Jakarta’s grand Istiqlal Mosque, which is linked to ...

During his stay in Jakarta, the pope visited the Istiqlal ... with the motto of his first-ever visit to Indonesia: “Faith, Fraternity, Compassion”. Francis was known as a progressive reformer ...

remembering Pope Francis as a close friend. Nasaruddin, who is also the grand imam of the Istiqlal Mosque, accompanied the pontiff during the latter’s visit to Jakarta in September of last year.

Share the best of The Jakarta Post with friends ... atholic-majority Timor Leste will observe a week of mourning to honour Pope Francis after his death on Monday aged 88, President Jose Ramos ...

Novi from Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, a Catholic, who traveled to Jakarta to witness Pope Francis' visit to Istiqlal Mosque, hopes the visit can encourage a revival of religious tolerance in the ...

SINGAPORE – The upcoming visit by Pope Francis to Singapore is one that ... the Pope met Grand Imam Nasaruddin Umar at Jakarta’s Istiqlal Mosque, where they signed a declaration warning ...

he world we live in has become increasingly complex. The dynamics of global affairs, particularly the competition between major powers, have escalated into divisions that disrupt global harmony ...

Pope Francis on Tuesday landed in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, the first stop on what ... making him the second pope to visit after St. John Paul II, who visited twice.