Mathias Hariyadi

“It’s not I who has been faithful, but the people; they have been so faithful and supportive,” Fr. Leo van Beurden OSC.

On a quiet morning after Indonesia’s Independence Day celebration, 18 August 2025, Sr. Vincentia, HK, decided to go for a long walk.

Indonesia’s famous Golo Curu Festival 2025 concluded in a spirit of deep devotion to Mary, Queen of the Rosary, and a vibrant celebration of the Manggarai people’s rich cultural heritage.

A total of 104 diocesan priests from across the vast Papua Region gathered in the Archdiocese of Merauke, South Papua Province, Indonesia, from October 14 to 16 for their 7th Papua Regional UNIO Meeting, a triennial event aimed at strengthening fraternity and deepening pastoral reflection amid the tides of globalization.

Msgr. Alfred Gonti Pius Datubara, OFMCap, Emeritus Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Medan, Indonesia, passed away at St. Elisabeth Hospital, Medan, on Friday, October 17, 2025, at the age of 91.

Fr. Ismartono, SJ, explained, “Laudato Si’ has been widely recognized, even by many from the Muslim community, as one of the Church’s brightest contributions to the world, inspiring humanity to respond and act to prevent the destruction of our planet.”

“My Franciscan Superior asked me, ‘Are you willing to go to Jakarta?’ I immediately replied, ‘With great pleasure,’” recalls the priest, now one of Indonesia’s most respected biblical scholars.

Over the past decade, many affluent Indonesians have begun consuming organic grains and vegetables for health reasons.

Young diocesan priests of Indonesia underwent a three-day ongoing formation program from September 20 to 24, organized by the West Kalimantan Region of UNIO, a private Roman Catholic clerical association.

The spiritual legacy of Pope Francis’s 2015 encyclical Laudato Si’ continues to take root and flourish across Indonesia. The call to care for the earth as our common home is being embraced by Catholic grassroots communities, including St. Helena Parish in Curug, Tangerang Regency, Banten Province.