Pope Francis on Thursday (Sept 5) commended Indonesia's "conviction" for "harmony and peace", after he visited a new underground tunnel connecting Southeast Asia's largest mosque, the Istiqlal Mosque, with a Catholic cathedral located across the street in Jakarta.
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00:00Pope Francis, on Thursday, commended Indonesia's conviction for harmony and peace after he
00:07visited a new underground tunnel connecting Southeast Asia's largest mosque, the Istiklal
00:12Mosque, with a Catholic cathedral located across the street in Jakarta.
00:17The 28-meter-long passageway, called the Tunnel of Friendship, indicates how people of different
00:23beliefs can share common roots, said the 87-year-old pope.
00:27Thanks to all those who work convinced that we can live in harmony and peace, aware of
00:37the need for a more fraternal world, I hope that our communities can always be more open
00:48to dialogue.
01:00About 87 percent of Indonesia's population of 280 million is Muslim, while about 3 percent
01:07is Catholic.
01:08The pope is visiting Indonesia through Friday, as part of an ambitious 12-day journey to
01:13four countries across Southeast Asia and Oceania.