Jakarta, Indonesia – September 2024 – On 3 September Pope Francis arrived in Indonesia at 6.19 am (Rome time), 11.19 am local time. The Ita Airways flight landed at Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, the first stop of the trip to Asia and Oceania, the 45th international apostolic trip and the longest of the pontificate. To welcome the Pope, at the foot of the forward stairway, were the Minister for Religious Affairs and two children in traditional dress with a gift of flowers. After the greeting of the delegations and the Guard of Honour, the Pope moved to the Apostolic Nunciature, where he met a group of sick people, migrants and refugees accompanied by the Community of Sant'Egidio and the Jesuit Refugee Service. The Pope's trip will come alive tomorrow,with the welcome ceremony outside the Presidential Palace and with the courtesy visit to the President of the Republic. Subsequently, there will be the first public meeting with the authorities, civil society and with the diplomatic corps, followed by the private meeting with the members of the Society of Jesus at the apostolic nunciature and then by a meeting with the bishops, priests, deacons, consecrated men and women, seminarians and catechists in the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, then closing the day with a meeting with the young people of  the "Scholas Occurrentes" in the Grha Pemuda House of Youth.

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