Catholics in Indonesia

The Indonesian Catholic Lecturers Association (ICLA) celebrated its 5th anniversary at the Satya Negara Indonesia University Auditorium in Jakarta, Indonesia, under the theme “Serving with Love, Working for the Nation.”

"Wasting food and throwing it away is disrespecting our less fortunate brothers and sisters' basic right to food," says Cardinal Ignatius Suharyo.

The tourism fest seeks to promote tourism that is anchored in and builds upon the uniqueness and wealth of local culture and spirituality.

To date, Indonesia, in several provinces in Indonesia, is still experiencing a shortage of Catholic religious teachers, especially in Jakarta.

An Indonesian Catholic youth has built 156 churches in 27 dioceses.

Sister Eusthocia Monika Nata dedicated her life to defending women and children against violence and sexual abuse.

The couple offered a plant and planted it in the churchyard at the time of their wedding Mass. Besides, they also gave plant souvenirs to all guests who attended their wedding reception.

An Indonesian priest is honored by a local government in Argentina in appreciation of his missionary work.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo says Catholics can adapt quickly as he officially opened the Ecclesiastical Choir Fest (PESPARANI) in Jakarta on October 2.

Indonesian Catholic youth is pursuing organic farming to empower the community and move towards environmental sustainability.

“God can use me more than usual,” said Brother Albertus Adiwenanto Widyasworo, a doctor who is studying for the priesthood in Indonesia.

Catholic faithful in a parish in the outskirts of Jakarta in Indonesia continue to wait for the government to approve a proposal, which was submitted 14 years ago, to build their parish church in honor of Mother Teresa.

Catholic activists in Yogyakarta in Central Java held a vaccination campaign for university students who come from outside Yogyakarta.

Vice President K.H. Ma'ruf Amin of Indonesia stressed the importance of “national harmony” in the country as he visited the country’s main houses of worship on August 27.

The Catholic Archdiocese of Semarang in Java, Indonesia, has facilitated the vaccination of a thousand residents against COVID-19 on August 21.

Roswita Asti Kulla, 29, does not only teach English to children and the youth in her community in Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara province. She lives her life as an example, an inspiration, for others how to be a good Christian.

Eight new Jesuit priests were ordained in the Archdiocese of Semarang in Indonesia on August 19.

Young Catholics in the Diocese of Bandung in Indonesia have started a relief distribution project to help families in communities most affected by the pandemic.

Cardinal Ignatius Suharyo, Archbishop of Jakarta, led the launching of the Catholic Church’s mobile vaccination initiative on Tuesday, August 3.