VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis leaves on Monday for a visit to four island nations across southeast Asia, an ambitious trip to urge global action on clima...
: Pope Francis leaves on Monday for a visit to four island nations across southeast Asia, an ambitious trip to urge global action on climate change that may test the strength of the 87-year-old head of the global Catholic Church. Over 12 days from Sept. 2-13, Francis will travel nearly 33,000 km to visit Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Singapore. It is the longest trip yet by the pontiff, who now regularly uses a wheelchair due to knee and back pain.
“Francis has almost drawn a new map of the Church,“ said Faggioli. “It’s global Catholicism now, a Church that it is not just more globally extensive, but truly globalised.” Also on the agenda is a renewed push for Catholic-Muslim dialogue, long a priority for Francis who, in 2019, became the first pope to visit the Arabian peninsula.
Jeremy Menchik, a political scientist professor at Boston University who has written extensively on Indonesia’s politics, said it was in a “golden age” of interfaith dialogue, noting that the mosque sits opposite Jakarta’s Catholic cathedral. WHY HAS THE POPE CHOSEN ASIA? In each of the four countries, the pope will hold official meetings with political authorities, diplomats, and local Catholics. He will also lead outdoor celebrations of the Catholic Mass in all four countries.
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