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25 August 2024
ASIA/INDONESIA - Interview with the Director for the Government's relations with the Church: this is how we support Catholic schools and parishes
by Paolo Affatato
Jakarta (Fides News Agency) - In the office where he receives guests, on the 12th floor of the imposing building of the Ministry for Religious Affairs, in the center of Jakarta, Director Suparman - a 5 ...
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24 August 2024
ASIA/INDONESIA - "Differences in the relationship with God are not cause for struggle: this is what we teach in schools". Interview with the Minister for Religious Affairs
by Paolo Affatato
Jakarta (Fides News Agency) - A painting occupies an entire wall in the office of the Minister of Religious Affairs, in the Ministry building, in the center of Jakarta. The large canvas depicts the f ...
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24 August 2024
ASIA/INDONESIA - State and religion in Indonesia: the role of faith in public life
Jakarta (Fides News Agency) – Indonesia is not a theocracy but it is a secular state either: as Indonesians like to say, it is "a middle ground", a nation that recognizes religion has a crucial role in public life, an ...
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23 August 2024
ASIA/INDONESIA - Waiting for Pope Francis, along with the Muslim brothers. An interview with Ignazio Suharyo, Cardinal of Jakarta (I/II)
by Paolo Affatato
Jakarta (Fides News Agency) – Every year, on the Islamic feast of the Sacrifice, the Catholic community of Jakarta gifts the Muslim community a cow. And the imam of the great mosque advises everyon ...
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22 August 2024
ASIA/INDONESIA - Following Jesus in the Land of "Pancasila". An interview with Cardinal of Jakarta Ignazio Suharyo (I/II)
by Paolo Affatato
Jakarta (Fides News Agency) – Entering the Jakarta cathedral complex - named after Our Lady of the Assumption - is a display with the image of Pope Francis counting down, telling the faithful how m ...
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22 August 2024
OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Among the seminarians waiting for the Pope: "The missionaries have sown the seeds"
by Fabio Beretta
Port Moresby (Fides News Agency) – "What does God want from me?". There is joy and many expectations among the young seminarians of Papua New Guinea: in a few days' time they will meet Pope Francis. ...
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5 August 2024
ASIA/EAST TIMOR - "As the day approaches, we are very excited and we are preparing to welcome the successor of Peter with great devotion": the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians await Pope Francis
Comoro (Agenzia Fides) - "As coordinators, we do not work alone, two parishes are involved in the area of Comoro: the Parish of Aimutin of the Claretian religious and that of Mary Help of Christians, of the Salesians. We ...
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5 August 2024
OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Missionaries paid a high price during World War II
Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - They were mistaken for enemy spies and killed for this reason. This was the fate of several Catholic missionaries involved in the evangelization of Papua New Guinea during World War II, an ...
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2 August 2024
OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - From tribes to seminaries: vocations in rural areas are on the rise
Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - This young Church has no vocations crisis. The Catholic Church in Papua New Guinea is expecting the visit of Pope Francis in a few weeks. The Bishop of Rome will stop in the country for jus ...
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31 July 2024
ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Faith and culture, faith and history are intrinsically linked in Asia's youngest nation: "In times of trial, the Lord has not abandoned us", says the Vicar General of Dili:
by Paolo Affatato
Dili (Agenzia Fides) - "May your faith become your culture" is the motto of Pope Francis' visit, who will visit East Timor from September 9 to 11, the third stage of his trip to the East which, fro ...
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26 July 2024
ASIA/INDONESIA - Indonesian Islam embraces Pope Francis: peace and fraternity among peoples, nations and religions
by Paolo Affatato
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The main Indonesian Islamic organizations welcome with deep gratitude the visit of Pope Francis to Indonesia from 3 to 9 September and appreciate its important significance ...
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25 July 2024
ASIA/INDONESIA - The Director for European Affairs: "Indonesia and the Holy See united to bring a message of peace and fraternity to the world"
by Paolo Affatato
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "The Pope's visit to Indonesia is a historic moment for the nation. It not only has a religious meaning, but also a civil and political one, in the broadest sense of the te ...
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24 July 2024
ASIA/INDONESIA - Archbishop of Kupang firmly believes that the faithful’s visit to East Timor to meet the Pope will create opportunities for reconciliation
by Paolo Affatato
Kupang (Agenzia Fides) - The main entrance of the bishop's residence in the center of Kupang where Msgr. Hironimus Pacaeenoni has been since taking office as Archbishop of Kupang, Indonesia, in Marc ...
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24 July 2024
OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Spiritual preparation, prayer, meetings of the faithful in view of the Pope's trip
Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - Prayers, reflections and moments of discussion. This is how the priests of Papua New Guinea are preparing to live Pope Francis' apostolic journey. The Pontiff, on what has been defined as " ...
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23 July 2024
ASIA/INDONESIA - Indonesia prepares for the visit of Pope Francis with the inauguration of the 'Tunnel of Fraternity' that connects the Cathedral and Mosque.
By Paolo Affatato
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Pilgrims have not yet walked the "Tunnel of Fraternity", as it has been nicknamed, because it will be officially inaugurated this autumn. But the work is already finished a ...
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