Pope Francis airplane has touched down at Jakarta’s Soekarno–Hatta airport for the first leg of his 12-day trip to Asia and Oceania.
Pope Francis is only the third pope to visit Indonesia, which has the largest population of Muslims globally.
Indonesia has tightened security in the lead-up to Francis’ arrival, with 9,000 police and military officials to be deployed throughout his four-day visit.
He arrived in Jakarta at around 11:30 am local time (04:30 GMT).
During his stay in Indonesia, he will visit the capital city’s main mosque, meet with outgoing President, Joko Widodo, and hold a mass for some 70,000 people.
This trip is sure to be challenging for Pope Francis, who turns 88 in December and has been battling a spate of health issues.
Concerns have been raised over the impact of such an ambitious itinerary on his ailing health.
He will be accompanied by a doctor and two nurses throughout his travels.
He arrived on a chartered flight, accompanied by his entourage and international reporters.
No other pope has made an international trip at this age. Pope Francis’s immediate predecessor Benedict XVI resigned at 85, while John Paul II last travelled abroad at the age of 84 – a year before he died.
Pope Francis, who had part of one lung removed in his younger days, has struggled with respiratory and mobility problems of late, some of which have led him to miss his weekly Sunday blessing.
In November last year, he cancelled his trip to the annual United Nations climate meeting COP28 in Dubai because of a lung inflammation.
He’s been getting around in a wheelchair since 2022 due to a knee fracture and strained ligaments.
Pope Francis is expected to discuss environmental issues and the importance of interfaith dialogue during his 12-day trip to South East Asia. Notably, Timor-Leste is the only one of the four countries that is predominantly Catholic.
This trip also reinforces the importance of Asia for the Catholic Church, according to observers. The region is one of only a few places in the world where the church’s presence is growing in terms of baptised faithful and religious vocations.
Parts of Francis’ trip retraces the steps of St John Paul II, who also visited the four nations during his 27-year pontificate.
He will then travel to Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and Singapore, headlining more than 40 events as part of a trip that was originally scheduled for 2020 but postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The 12-day trip will mark the longest time the pontiff has spent away from the Vatican.
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