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Huge crowd of 100,000 attends Pope Francis’s last mass in Indonesia before he heads to Papua New Guinea

Huge crowd of 100,000 attends Pope Francis’s last mass in Indonesia before he heads to Papua New Guinea - Pope was given a ...
KCRW

Pope Francis and Indonesia's top imam make a joint call for religious harmony

SINGAPORE — Pope Francis met with Nasaruddin Umar, the grand imam of Southeast Asia's largest mosque, on Thursday, in a meeting in Indonesia centered on fighting climate change and religious extremism ...
AsiaNews

A year later, Francis’s trip to Asia is still alive with 300,000 remembering him in Timor-Leste

In Dili, hundreds of thousands celebrated the first anniversary of their meeting with Pope Francis, on his 45th apostolic ...
The Independent

Pope Francis wades into ‘childless cat lady’ debate as he hails Indonesians for having large families

When Mr Widodo, who sat beside the Catholic religious leader, chuckled, Francis turned to him and asked ... During his 12-day tour, the pope will visit Indonesia, East Timor, Papua New Guinea and ...
Boston Herald

Pope prays for world to recognize urgency of climate crisis as he celebrates Mass’ using new rite

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Pope Leo plans to keep Francis' key reforms but avoid bigger changes, he says

Pope Leo will keep Pope Francis' signature policies to welcome gay Catholics, discuss women's ordination and give China input ...