Tag: Indonesia
Seven detained in Indonesia after Pope Francis receives online ‘terror threats’
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Not long after Pope Francis left Indonesia, authorities there announced they had arrested seven people for making online "terror threats" against...
Pope Francis tells Indonesian Catholics to ‘sow seeds of love’ and...
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Even members of the most remote, smallest and poorest Christian communities are called to share the Gospel and to do so,...
Pope Francis embarks on the longest foreign trip of his papacy,...
ROME -- Traveling on an ITA Airways plane, Pope Francis set off on the longest foreign trip of his papacy.
The plane carrying the pope,...
Palm Sunday Mass shattered by suicide bomb attack at Indonesian cathedral
MAKASSAR, Indonesia -- A suicide bomb attack on a Catholic cathedral compound shattered the calm of Palm Sunday Mass, leaving two bombers dead and...
Indonesian archbishop urges Catholics to ditch use of plastic bags
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Months after Indonesia’s military was summoned to unclog Jakarta Bay, Archbishop Ignatius Suharyo has joined a chorus of disapproval of the...
Catholic students among more than 1,400 dead after Indonesian earthquake, tsunami
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Catholic aid agencies were among those working to assess the needs and get relief to the island of Sulawesi after an...
Catholic aid agencies respond after quake, tsunami in Indonesia
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Catholic aid agencies were among those working to assess the needs and get relief to the island of Sulawesi after an...