On Sept. 3, Pope Francis arrived in Indonesia to begin a 12-day Apostolic Journey to Asia and Oceania. Traveling more than 20,000 miles to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste, and Singapore, the Holy Father’s 45th Apostolic Journey abroad is the farthest and longest of his pontificate.
Pope Francis’s first leg of the journey began in Jakarta, Indonesia, a nation comprised of nearly 17,500 islands that is home to more than 1,300 ethnic groups who speak approximately 719 languages.
On Sept. 4, following a visit with outgoing President Joko Widodo, Pope Francis referenced Indonesia’s national motto, which translates to “Many but One,” in his first public address.
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