Every Sunday for years, Lukas Prima holds free medical clinics to the poor of his parish in Indonesia, including many Muslims with his wife and other doctors. His testimony is among those presented at a meeting held on 9 October in Jakarta, to support the mission of the laity in the Church.
The number of victims in the small Christian centre of Papua rises: At least 146 dead and hundreds missing. In the meantime, exodus of population continues, leaving a ghost town behind them.
The figure of the priest should be closer to young people to engage them in the activities of the church and preach to them Christ's love for neighbor. All priests of the diocese attended the meeting.
In September, several initiatives organized across the country to celebrate and raise children’s awareness of the Bible.
A Moluccas pro-independence movement, the RMS, files for his arrest. It would have been the first state visit by an Indonesian head of state in 40 years.
About 57.8 per cent of Muslims oppose the construction of churches or other non-Muslim place of worship. Only 27.6 per cent accept that non-Muslim teachers teach Muslims. The absence of government policy and unrestrained schools and teachers are among the causes of the rising fundamentalism.
Police releases message carried by bomb attacker who almost lost his life in premature explosion on 30 September.
The super luxury train crashed into an economy class train, which was supposed to stop in a local train station. The site of the accident is far from the big cities and there is no machinery to extract victims from the debris of the train carriages. Dead and injured taken to the local Catholic and Islamic hospitals. But the two hospitals - being small – have no specialists in surgery.
The area is predominantly Muslim. The inauguration took place today on the feast of the patron saint of missions. The community has gone from 15-20 to a thousand faithful. The bishop hopes for a greater flowering of faith.
Violence between indigenous Dayak Tidung and ethnic Bugis began last Monday following a fight that left an ethnic Dayak man dead. The government sends two special police battalions to stop the clashes.
Islamic Defender Front threatens to set fire to one of the venues of the festival. Opening day is cancelled.
Recent attacks against the police seek to delegitimize authorities to create chaos and guerrilla warfare in cities. Confirmed the armed forces in internal security operations for the first time since the fall of the Suharto military regime.
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