Francis, 87, began on Monday a 12-day, four-country, two-continent odyssey.
Grand Imam of Istiqlal Mosque Nasaruddin Umar shakes hands with Pope Francis after an interreligious meeting with religious leaders at the Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta on September 5, 2024.Together with the country's Grand Imam and other religious leaders, he signed a joint declaration rejecting violence linked to religious extremism and climate change.
Pope Francis arrives to lead the holy mass at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Sept. 5, 2024.of his 12-day trip. Indonesia is the world's largest Muslim-majority country, with Catholics making up just 3% of its population, and Francis has repeatedly praised the way different cultures and religions are able to peacefully coexist here.
Earlier in the week, Francis praised the "magnificent mosaic" that makes up Indonesian society and said the Catholic Church desires to increase interfaith dialogue, so as to tackle religious extremism.
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