Pope, Indonesia imam warn against using religion to stoke conflict

📆 5/9/2024 2:52 PM

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📆 5/9/2024 2:52 PM
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The American megastar was the main attraction at the world premiere of 'Joker: Folie A Deux' at the Venice Film Festival.

Pope Francis kisses the right hand of the Grand Imam of Istiqlal Mosque Nasaruddin Umar after an interreligious meeting with religious leaders at the Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta on Sept 5, 2024. - AP

Unity between faiths has been the central theme of the pontiff's trip and the declaration called for"religious harmony for the sake of humanity" at South-East Asia's biggest mosque. The declaration also pinpointed the environmental crisis as a threat to human civilisation and called for"decisive action" to counter global warming.It said climate change had led"to various destructive consequences such as natural disasters, global warming and unpredictable weather patterns"."The first one... humanity is only one, there are no colours. The second one, how to save our environment," he said.

But the biggest event of his Indonesia leg will be on Thursday afternoon when he will deliver a mass to nearly 80,000 people seated inside Indonesia's main football stadium, with tens of thousands more expected outside.

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