(ANSA) - ROME, SEP 3 - Pope Francis arrived in the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Tuesday after a 13-hour flight from Rome to start a 12-day trip to Asia and Oceania that will also take in Papua ...

Pope Francis is opening his visit to Indonesia with a packed first day Wednesday, meeting political and religious leaders and setting a rigorous pace for an 11-day, four-nation trip through tropica… ...

Francis, 87, began on Monday a 12-day, four-country, two-continent odyssey. JAKARTA, Indonesia -- As he continues to promote religious harmony, Pope Francis visited Jakarta's Istiqlal Mosque, the ...

Pope Francis on Wednesday urged political leaders in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim-majority country, to guard against religious extremism, which he said distorted people's beliefs ...

Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto, who is Muslim, shared in a post on X: "With the deepest sorrow, I learned the news of the passing of His Holiness Pope Francis.

Francis described the "environmental crisis" as "an obstacle to the growth and co-existence of peoples." Indonesia is the first stop on the pope's 11-day, four-nation Asia Pacific tour.

Pope Francis is welcomed by Indonesia’s Minister for Religious Affairs Yaqut Cholil Qoumas, center, soon after landing at Jakarta’s International airport Soekarno Hatta, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024.

A person walks past wreaths placed at the Apostolic Nunciature following the death of Pope Francis, in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 22, 2025. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan. By Stanley Widianto.

A color guard puts on festivities at the welcome ceremony for Pope Francis at Indonesia’s “Istana Merdeka” Presidential Palace on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.

Pope Francis also greeted elderly and homeless people served by the Sant’Egidio Community of Indonesia. Following a 13-hour flight, Pope Francis landed in Jakarta, the first destination of an 11 ...

In one symbolic moment, Pope Francis offered a papal blessing after a dialogue with 100 young people from Scholas Occurrentes (Culture of Encounter) an international network he founded in 2013 to ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Pope Francis on Wednesday urged political leaders in Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country, to guard against religious extremism, which he said ...