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JAKARTA - Pope Francis arrived in Indonesia on Tuesday for the first leg of an ambitious Asia-Pacific tour where he is expected to urge global action on climate change during what will be his longest trip yet.The 87-year-old pontiff landed at Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta airport on a chartered ITA Airways flight also carrying his entourage and accompanying reporters. Pope Francis will also visit East Timor, Singapore and Papua New Guinea over the next 10 days.
On Thursday, Pope Francis will take part in an inter-religious meeting at Istiqlal Mosque, the largest mosque in Southeast Asia.The Asia-Pacific tour will last 12 days in total and is the longest trip yet by the pontiff, who will have traveled nearly 33,000 km when he arrives back in Rome late evening on Sept. 13.The pope, who pushed for the 2015 Paris climate agreement, is expected to continue his appeals to confront the dangers of a warming globe.
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