Pope Leo XIV has expressed his solidarity with victims of the magnitude 7.7 earthquake that struck Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara province on Aug. 15, killing dozens of people and leaving thousands displaced.
As tensions rise over geothermal energy development on the island of Flores, the Catholic Church in Indonesia has once again joined hands with local communities and civil society in a united, prayerful stand to protect both people and creation.
Indonesian bishops of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ende have issued a compelling Lenten pastoral letter urging urgent action on a range of environmental, social, and humanitarian issues affecting communities across Flores, Lembata, and Denpasar.
