Mathias Hariyadi

Thousands of Catholics gathered at Mangkunegaran Palace in Surakarta, Central Java, on Oct. 7 to mark the 60th anniversary of the Surakarta Catholic Region with a Eucharistic celebration blending Catholic worship and Javanese cultural traditions.

The Diocese of Bogor urged newly commissioned Laudato Si’ Animators to become “channels of blessing” by promoting ecological awareness and helping communities protect the earth for future generations.

A Catholic motorcycle community based at St. Mary of the Assumption Parish in Cawas, in Indonesia’s Central Java province, has been delivering clean water to communities struggling with a prolonged drought.

Two years after Pope Francis and Grand Imam Nasaruddin Umar signed the Istiqlal Declaration in Jakarta, Indonesian interfaith leaders have called for its commitments to brotherhood, peace and care for creation to be translated into concrete action.

“Many countries envy and admire Indonesia because we have Pancasila and the motto Bhinneka Tunggal Ika” (“Unity in Diversity”).

Indonesian priests of the Missionaries of the Holy Family (MSF) shared personal stories of missionary service, vocation, hardship and fraternity as the congregation marked its 131st anniversary with a Eucharistic celebration in South Jakarta on September 28.

Former seminarians of St. Peter Canisius Minor Seminary in Mertoyudan, Central Java, Indonesia, gathered for a reunion on September 22–23 to reflect on aging, illness and how their remaining years can become an opportunity to serve others.

Synodality is not simply a conference or a series of meetings but a willingness to listen, wait and continue walking together, Archbishop Walter Erbì, the new Apostolic Nuncio to Indonesia, told diocesan priests gathered in North Sumatra.

Indonesia’s Ministry of Religious Affairs has allocated IDR 28.9 billion (about US$1.7 million) to restore religious facilities severely damaged by massive flash floods that struck parts of North Sumatra and Aceh in November 2025, including several Catholic facilities in the Diocese of Sibolga.

Catechetical commissions from seven Catholic dioceses in Java, Indonesia, have called for a shift from “catechesis for families” to “catechesis with families,” emphasizing that families should be active participants in faith formation rather than simply recipients of Church programs.