Indonesia Archives

UN condemns Palm Sunday `terrorist act’ on Indonesian church

Mar 31, 2021

The U.N. Security Council late Tuesday condemned a bombing at an Indonesian church on Palm Sunday as a “cowardly terrorist attack” and called for the perpetrators, organizers, financiers and sponsors to be held accountable.

By Associated Press

Indonesia’s cardinal praises national response to suicide bombing

Mar 30, 2021

A suicide bombing at the Catholic cathedral in Makassar “shocked everybody in Indonesia, not only Catholics,” according to the country’s top prelate.

By Nirmala Carvalho

Newlywed militant suspects blamed in Indonesia church attack

Mar 29, 2021

A recently married couple with suspected militant links used pressure cooker bombs to blow themselves up outside a Catholic cathedral during Palm Sunday Mass, Indonesian officials said Monday.

By Niniek Karmini and Yusuf Wahil

A reminder that Holy Week is prime time for anti-Christian violence

Mar 29, 2021

Every year on major Christian feast days, somewhere in the world, Christians will be killed for no reason other than that they chose to attend religious services.

By John L. Allen Jr.

Suicide bomb hits Palm Sunday Mass in Indonesia, 14 wounded

Mar 28, 2021

Two attackers blew themselves up outside a packed Catholic cathedral during a Palm Sunday Mass on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, wounding at least 14 people, police said.

By Niniek Karmini and Yusuf Wahil

After Indonesia earthquake, Pope Francis prays for ‘affected by this natural disaster’

Jan 16, 2021

In a telegram sent by the Vatican on behalf of Pope Francis, the pontiff expressed “heartfelt solidarity with all those affected by this natural disaster” after a strong earthquake hit Indonesia’s Sulawesi island.

By Niniek Karmini and Yusuf Wahil

Indonesian police kill 2 suspected militants suspected in cathedral attack

Jan 6, 2021

Members of Indonesia’s anti-terrorism police squad on Wednesday shot and killed two suspected militants who they believe were connected to a deadly suicide attack at a Catholic cathedral in the southern Philippines, and arrested 18 others, officials said.

By Niniek Karmini

Indonesia police: Top terror suspect mastermind of attacks

Dec 14, 2020

Indonesian authorities said Monday that a top terror suspect arrested last week was the architect of a series of deadly attacks and sectarian conflicts in the world’s most populous Muslim nation.

By Niniek Karmini