Pope Francis commends tunnel connecting mosque to cathedral in Indonesia's capital

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Pope Francis on Thursday (Sept 5) commended Indonesia's "conviction" for "harmony and peace", after he visited a new underground tunnel connecting Southeast Asia's largest mosque, the Istiqlal Mosque, with a Catholic cathedral located across the street in Jakarta.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Pope Francis, on Thursday, commended Indonesia's conviction for harmony and peace after he

00:07visited a new underground tunnel connecting Southeast Asia's largest mosque, the Istiklal

00:12Mosque, with a Catholic cathedral located across the street in Jakarta.

00:17The 28-meter-long passageway, called the Tunnel of Friendship, indicates how people of different

00:23beliefs can share common roots, said the 87-year-old pope.

00:27Thanks to all those who work convinced that we can live in harmony and peace, aware of

00:37the need for a more fraternal world, I hope that our communities can always be more open

00:48to dialogue.

01:00About 87 percent of Indonesia's population of 280 million is Muslim, while about 3 percent

01:07is Catholic.

01:08The pope is visiting Indonesia through Friday, as part of an ambitious 12-day journey to

01:13four countries across Southeast Asia and Oceania.

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