Pope embarks on longest, farthest and most challenging trip to Asia
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Pope Arrives in Indonesia, Kicks off 4-Nation Asia Trip
Pope Arrives in Indonesia, Kicks off 4-Nation Asia Trip
Above: Pope Francis at the Apostolic Nunciature to Indonesia on Sept. 3, 2024, in Jakarta. Image copyright: Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Contributor/Getty Images News via Getty Images
The Facts
Pope Francis arrived in Indonesia on Tuesday for a three-day visit — the first stop of his four-nation tour of the Asia-Pacific — accompanied by his entourage and journalists. The 87-year-old pontiff will also visit Papua New Guinea, East Timor, and Singapore over the next 12 days.
Indonesia's Minister of Religious Affairs Yaqut Cholil Qoumas received Pope Francis after the pontiff left the ITA Airways plane and entered the tarmac at Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta International Airport.
According to the Vatican, the pope met with a group of orphans, refugees, migrants, homeless, and sick people at the Vatican residence in Jakarta. He is the third pope to visit Indonesia and the first since Pope John Paul II in 1989.
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