Pope Francis In Indonesia LIVE: Indonesia Prepares for First Pope Visit Since 1989 in Jakarta | N18G

‘Pope Francis In Indonesia LIVE: ‘I’m so happy’: Indonesia prepares for first papal visit since 1989 | CNBC TV18 Pope Francis will arrive in mostly Muslim Indonesia on Tuesday on the first part of a tour that will also take him to Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Singapore. Medan, Indonesia – At the Immaculate Conception of Mary Cathedral in the Indonesian city of Medan, the mood at Sunday mass was unusually excited. Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church, is set to begin a two-week tour of Asia Pacific, which will start in Indonesia on Tuesday and take in Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Singapore. When Pope Francis visits Indonesia this week, he will stop by a mosque in Jakarta that has an unusual feature - a tunnel connecting it to the city’s Catholic cathedral, as part of a push for interfaith harmony on his 12-day Asia-Pacific tour. The “Tunnel of Friendship“, connecting the iconic Istiqlal mosque to the Our Lady of the Assumption cathedral, was built b
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