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Pope Francis is welcomed during his arrival at Soekarno–Hatta International Airport in Jakarta on September 3, 2024. Pope Francis arrived in Muslim-majority Indonesia for the first stop of his four-nation tour in the Asia-Pacific that will be the longest of the 87-year-old's papacy. Jakarta, Indonesia—Pope Francis arrived in Muslim-majority Indonesia on Tuesday to kick off a four-nation tour of the Asia-Pacific that will be the longest and farthest of the 87-year-old’s papacy.
The pope was due to have a relaxing day in Jakarta on Tuesday following the long flight from Rome, then meet President Joko Widodo on Wednesday in the first major set piece of his visit to the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country. On Thursday, Francis will meet representatives of all six at Istiqlal Mosque, the largest in Southeast Asia and a symbol of religious co-existence.
But Michel Chambon, a theologian and anthropologist at the National University of Singapore, said the pope would press a wider message he had already delivered in other Muslim-majority countries, from Iraq to Bahrain, Turkey and Morocco. At the Istiqlal Mosque, Pope Francis will sign a joint declaration with its grand imam that will focus on “dehumanisation”, notably the spread of violence and conflict, as well as environmental degradation, according to the Indonesian bishops’ conference.
Security has been stepped up for the pope’s visit, with roads around key sites where he is scheduled to visit being re-routed or closed.His trip to Indonesia is the third ever by a pope and the first since John Paul II in 1989.
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