On August 28, 2025, Pope Leo XIV appointed an Indonesian bishop as one of the members of the
Vatican’s Dicastery for the Clergy, which is headed by South Korean Cardinal Lazarus You Heung-sik.
Opening the 2025 Festival Golo Koe, Bishop Maksimus Regus urged that tourism in Labuan Bajo must heal rather than exploit, fostering fraternity, unity, and care for creation over profit-driven greed.
