Pope Francis will promote intercultural, inter-religious dialogue on Asia trip, Vatican official says

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Pope deplores state of democracy, warns against 'populists' just before trip to Asia including Singapore and Indonesia

Pope Francis is scheduled to visit Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and Singapore from Sept 2 to 13. The secretary of the Section for Culture at the Vatican’s Dicastery for Culture and Education was speaking to The Straits Times on the sidelines of a World Economic Forum meeting in Dalian, China, on June 25.

But Christianity has been thriving in smaller communities in Asia and “it is a modelling of a certain way of being Christian is also attentive to other cultures”, he added. “It is an ambitious trip for a man of his age. But it is symbolically important for him,” Bishop Tighe said. His Singapore trip from Sept 11 to 13 is scheduled to include visits to St Theresa’s Home and Catholic Junior College.

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