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- Sep 21, 2019
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Indonesian police arrest suspects linked to 2018 church bombings
- Catholic News Service, Church in Asia
- Aug 28, 2019
Indonesian police have arrested six terrorist suspects, two of whom have been linked to last year’s bombings at three churches in Surabaya, the country’s second-largest city.
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Bishop John Saklil, vocal supporter of indigenous rights of Papuans, dies
- Catholic News Service, Church in Asia
- Aug 5, 2019
Bishop John Saklil of Timika, Indonesia, known for his staunch commitment to upholding the rights of the indigenous people of Papua and New Guinea died suddenly Aug. 3 at the age of 59.
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Secularism isn’t the answer to Islamic extremism, but arguably its cause
- News Analysis
- Mar 24, 2019
A new book makes the point that whatever the path to religious freedom may be in the Islamic world, it probably doesn’t run through Western-style secularism.
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Christian politician completes two-year sentence for blasphemy in Indonesia
- Catholic News Agency, Church in Asia/Oceania
- Jan 27, 2019
An Indonesian Christian, the former governor of Jakarta was released from jail on Thursday completing a two-year long sentence for alleged blasphemy against Islam.
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Indonesian archbishop urges Catholics to ditch use of plastic bags
- Catholic News Service, Church in Asia/Oceania
- Jan 8, 2019
Months after Indonesia’s military was summoned to unclog Jakarta Bay, Archbishop Ignatius Suharyo has joined a chorus of disapproval of the nation’s growing plastic waste problem by calling parishioners to action.
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CRS working in Indonesia to assess needs of tsunami survivors
- Catholic News Service, Church in Asia/Oceania
- Dec 26, 2018
Catholic Relief Services is working with local partners to help determine the greatest needs of survivors of Indonesia’s Dec. 22 tsunami, said Yenni Suryani, country manager for the U.S. agency.
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