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View all search resultsThe 87-year-old pontiff will spend four days and three nights in one of the Pacific's poorest and most troubled nations, addressing politicians and bishops, meeting street children, and travelling to the remote jungle outpost of Vanimo.
Head of the Presidential Secretariat Heru Budi Hartono, who also serves as acting Jakarta governor, said on Monday that citizens should preferably stay home on Sept. 5, or use alternative routes prepared by the city administration if choosing to travel.
With only five buses available to travel the Kupang-Dili route, calls are mounting for the government to assist the swaths of people hoping to complete the nine-hour long journey to see the head of the Catholic Church.
The Labuan Bajo Flores Tourism Authority (BPOLBF) aims to develop Flores Island as the premier Catholic tourism destination in Indonesia, in collaboration with stakeholders including the Archdiocese of Ende, the Diocese of Larantuka, the Diocese of Maumere, the Diocese of Ruteng and the Diocese of Labuan Bajo, as well as the tourism offices of nine local districts.
The Asia and Oceania trip has been on the papal agenda for some time, but there had been doubts on whether the 87-year-old pontiff would embark on it given his increasing frailty and a record of skipping engagements due to health problems.
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