The world's highest Catholic leader, Pope Francis, will make a state visit to the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, today, Wednesday morning, September 4, 2024. The Pope is scheduled to hold a meeting with President Joko Widodo.
Aha Dua Permata's monitoring, the Presidential Palace complex on Jalan Medan Merdeka Utara is starting to be crowded with invited guests. A number of employees appear to be preparing for Pope Francis' state visit. A number of buses were also seen entering through the nearest door to the Merdeka Palace.
President Jokowi is scheduled to welcome Pope Francis directly at the Merdeka Palace. The welcoming will be carried out with a state ceremony.
"The President will receive a state visit from His Holiness Pope Francis at the Merdeka Palace at 09.30 WIB," said Deputy for Protocol, Press, and Media of the Presidential Secretariat Yusuf Permana in his statement.
"The visit will begin with a State Ceremony in the front yard of the Merdeka Palace," Yusuf added.
Yusuf also said that there will be a meeting with religious figures and the diplomatic corps at the State Palace.
"In addition, there will also be a meeting with religious figures and the diplomatic corps at the State Palace," he said.
It is known that Pope Francis and his entourage arrived at Soekarno-Hatta Airport in Tangerang, Banten, yesterday, Tuesday.
ITA Airways commercial aircraft with flight number AZ400 carrying Pope Francis and his entourage landed on the runway of Soetta Airport at around 11.25 WIB.
After getting off the plane, Pope Francis, who was using a wheelchair, approached two Indonesian children named Mary Lourdes Wicaksono Atmojo (6) from Central Jakarta and Irfan Wael (12) from Buru Regency, Maluku.
The two children, who were wearing traditional Indonesian clothing, handed over a bouquet of fruits and vegetables symbolizing Bhinneka Tunggal Ika, which is Indonesia's motto. The bouquet was arranged using Indonesian plants, vegetables, fruits and spices representing the various ethnic groups and customs in Indonesia.
The Pope then continued his journey to the Vatican Embassy in Jakarta using a Toyota Innova Zenix car.
In addition to the state visit to the Merdeka Palace, Pope Francis will meet with the congregation at the Cathedral, and the young Catholic congregation of Grha Pemuda, this afternoon.
The Supreme Leader of the Catholic Church in the world is scheduled to visit the Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta on Thursday, September 5, 2024. On the same day, at around 17.00 WIB, Pope Francis will lead a grand holy mass at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium (SUGBK), Jakarta.
Paus Fransiskus akan meninggalkan Jakarta menuju Port Moresby, Papua Nugini pada Jumat, 6 September 2024. Ia berangkat ke Port Moresby dari Bandara Internasional Soekarno Hatta.
Appearing simple, Pope Francis arrives at the courtyard of the Jakarta Palace
The Supreme Leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, showed a striking attitude of simplicity when he arrived at the Presidential Palace Yard in Jakarta, Wednesday, in order to fulfill the agenda of meeting with President Joko Widodo (Jokowi).
Pope Francis arrived at the Presidential Palace complex in Jakarta at around 09.35 WIB using a car that is widely used by Indonesian people, namely a white Toyota Kijang Innova Zenix with police number SCV 1.
Pope Francis departed from his lodging at the Vatican Embassy in Jakarta, through the Monas gate in Taman Pandang towards the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta.
Pope Francis' arrival at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta was greeted by Santa Maria students dressed in traditional clothes while waving the Red and White Flag in their hands.
Pope Francis wore a simple white robe with a cross around his neck without any additional excessive ornaments, in line with his principles of simple living and social concern.
Getting out of the vehicle, Pope Francis in a wheelchair was seen shaking hands with the students who welcomed his arrival at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta.
The reception for Pope Francis was carried out by President Jokowi, Minister of Foreign Affairs (Menlu) Retno Marsudi, and Minister of Religious Affairs (Menag) Yaqut Cholil Qoumas. Next, he headed to the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta to attend a state ceremony.
Pope Francis, as the leader of the world's Catholics, will undertake an apostolic journey to the Asia Pacific in September 2024. There are four countries that will be visited, namely Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Timor Leste, and Singapore.
Indonesia will be the first country visited on September 3-6, 2024 and Pope Francis' visit to Indonesia is the third time after Pope Paul VI in 1970 and Pope John Paul II's visit in 1989.
The trip to the Asia Pacific region for 11 days or precisely on September 3-13, 2024 will be the 87-year-old Holy Father's longest visit since 11 years of leading Catholics.
Indonesia was chosen as the first country visited by Pope Francis because in a country with a population of 279 million and the majority of Muslims, the Christian population is around 20.5 million people with 8.5 million of them being Catholics.
After carrying out a series of state activities at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta, the Pope, whose real name is Jorge Mario Bergoglio, is scheduled to have a private meeting with members of the Jesuit Society at the Apostolic Nunciature of the Vatican Embassy in Jakarta.
In the afternoon or at 16.30 WIB, the former Archbishop of Buenos Aires is scheduled to meet with bishops, priests, deacons, monks and nuns, seminarians, and catechists at the Church of the Assumption of Mary, Jakarta Cathedral Church.
Meanwhile, young people from Scholas Occurantes were given the opportunity to meet Pope Francis at the Graha Pemuda Senayan Youth Center, at 17.35 WIB.
Furthermore, on Thursday, September 5, 2024, Pope Francis is scheduled to attend an interreligious meeting or meeting with interfaith figures at the Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta at around 09.00 WIB, followed by a meeting with beneficiaries of charitable organizations at the Office of the Indonesian Bishops' Conference (KWI).
In the afternoon, at 17.00 WIB, the Pope will hold a grand mass at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium in Jakarta which will be attended by tens of thousands of Catholics.
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