During his weekly General Audience, Pope Francis reflected on his recent Apostolic Journey to Asia and Oceania, emphasizing the importance of fostering unity among diverse religious and cultural communities, as reported by Vatican News.
Pope Francis underlined the importance of fostering religious harmony to protect human dignity, end the cycle of poverty, and promote peace during the third day of his apostolic visit to Indonesia.
On September 4, Pope Francis addressed bishops, priests, deacons, religious men and women, seminarians, and catechists at Jakarta’s Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, urging them to live by the virtues of faith, fraternity, and compassion.
Pope Francis emphasized the vital role of harmony in diversity and called for the reinforcement of social justice and divine blessings as key pillars for promoting peace and well-being in Indonesia, a nation of vast cultural and religious diversity.
Pope Francis said to all the Indonesian civil authorities, "Interfaith communication promotes respect for one another," in Jakarta at the Istana Negara presidential palace in Jakarta on September 04.
In a historic gesture coinciding with Pope Francis’s Apostolic Visit to Indonesia, the Indonesian Bishops’ Conference (KWI), in collaboration with PT Pos Indonesia, has unveiled a special stamp themed "Pope Francis’s Visit to Indonesia."
Prime Minister Modi who is on a two-day visit to Rome for the G7 Summit at the invitation of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, met the Pope on June 14 at the Vatican.
