The spiritual leader of the Catholics and the head of the Vatican Pope Francis and Nasruddin Omar, the main imam of the largest mosque of Southeast Asia, made a joint call to fight violence and protect the environment.
Pope Francis, in the framework of his tour of Southeast Asia, covering Indonesia, Papua-New Guinea, East Timor and Singapore holds meetings in the capital of Jakarta.
Having visited the cult metropolitan mosque, Pope met with representatives of Islam, Buddhism, Confucianism, Hinduism, Catholicism and Protestantism, officially recognized in Indonesia.
The meeting began with the fact that the visually impaired Indonesian girl Kyla Nur read poetry from the Holy Koran about tolerance.
The main imam of the Trickl mosque, the largest mosque in Southeast Asia Omar and Francis exchanged warm words.
Omer leaned over and kissed Pope Francis in the head, and Pope Francis took Omer’s hand, kissed her and brought her to his cheek.
Francis and Omar at the official ceremony held in the tent in the complex of the Mosques of the Trickyl, signed the “Declaration of Independence” on the strengthening of relations between religions.
The declaration emphasizes that religion should be used to resolve conflicts and protect human dignity, and not to legitimize violence.
It also calls for “decisive actions” to protect the environment and its resources in order to reduce the growing climatic crisis in the world.
Pope Francis, for the first time in 35 years, who visited Indonesia, where the largest Muslim population in the world lives, became the third dad who visited Indonesia after Pope Paul VI in 1970 and Pope John Paul II (John Paul II) in 1989 .
to ensure the safety of the pope, which will also lead a large mass at the Gelora Bung Karno stadium, 930 people from the Indonesian army and the National Police are involved.
As part of his 12-day tour of the Asia-Pacific region, on September 6, dad will leave Jakarta and go to Papua-New Guinea, and will also visit East Timor and Singapore.
In Indonesia, Islam, Buddhism, Confucianism, Hinduism, Catholicism and Protestantism are officially recognized in Indonesia.