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Pope Francis , flanked by his spokesperson Maeo Bruni , waves to journalists aboard his flight bound for Jakarta, Indonesia, where he will start a 12-day visit to Asia, on Sept. 2.
Catholics currently represent fewer than three percent of the population of Indonesia -- some eight million people, compared to the 87 percent, or 242 million, who are Muslim. Francis has repeatedly urged the world to do more to combat climate change and mitigate its effects -- including rising sea levels, which threaten the heavily polluted megalopolis of Jakarta.
"It is very important in conveying a message and showing the world that religious harmony in Indonesia is guaranteed and has been implemented," ministry spokesman Sunanto, who goes by one name, said on Sept. 2, according to state news agency Antara., an archipelago of 17,500 islands, after Paul VI in 1970 and John Paul II in 1989. newspaper hailed the visit in an editorial on Sept.
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