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Jakarta, Indonesia—Pope Francis warned Thursday against religion being used to stoke conflicts, in a declaration signed with a top Indonesian imam before he holds mass for tens of thousands in Jakarta.
“We take on the responsibility to address the serious… crises that threaten the future of humanity such as wars and conflicts… and the environmental crisis, which is an obstacle to the growth and co-existence of peoples,” he said. Francis visited the tunnel before the meeting, delivered blessings and signed a section of the tunnel.
Francis has made several visits to Muslim-majority countries, and on a 2019 visit to the United Arab Emirates signed a document on human brotherhood with the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam’s prestigious seat of learning.The biggest event of his Indonesia leg will be on Thursday afternoon when he will deliver a mass to nearly 80,000 people seated inside Indonesia’s main football stadium, with tens of thousands more expected outside.
Amnesty International Indonesia called on the pope to urge Indonesia to respect all minority groups, saying it had recorded 123 cases of intolerance between January 2021 and July 2024.
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