Pope Francis to visit Jakarta mosque to push for interfaith harmony
India TodayWhen Pope Francis visits Indonesia next week, he will stop by a mosque in Jakarta that has an unusual feature - a tunnel connecting it to the city's Catholic cathedral, as part of a push for interfaith harmony on his 12-day Asia-Pacific tour. I couldn't even bring myself to hold his hand," said Maria Regina Widyastuti Sasongko, a 77-year-old Catholic woman who sells items such as statues and t-shirts bearing the pope's face. SYMBOL OF FRIENDSHIP; CHEQUERED PAST Yaqut Cholil Qoumas, Indonesia's religious affairs minister, said the pope's visit was a symbol of friendship among people of all religions in Indonesia. The US religious freedom watchdog has said, that "Indonesia's religious freedom conditions remained poor" in 2023, citing several regulations including ones that led to closures of places of worship, including churches.
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