We do not only wish to build tolerance, however also acceptance …
Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs, Mahfud MD, reviewed preparations for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Mass at the Jakarta Cathedral, Sawah Besar sub-district, Jakarta, on Friday.
” Given that tomorrow is Christmas Day, I want to understand whether there is any challenge to the implementation of the praise. I think whatever has been going well so far,” he mentioned.
He was gotten at the church by the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Jakarta (KAJ), Cardinal Ignatius Suharyo.
The coordinating minister and his entourage inspected the hall of the cathedral prior to the parishes started face-to-face worship for Christmas Eve Mass at 5.30 p.m. Western Indonesia Standard Time (WIB).
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Christmas Day carries a message of peace and is a momentum to unify Indonesia’s varied people, the minister said.
” We do not just want to build tolerance, however also acceptance– not only comprehend people’s variety, but likewise collaborate to achieve typical improvement,” he highlighted.
Cardinal Ignatius Suharyo said that the 2021 Christmas message is ‘Christ’s Love Improves Brotherhood’.
” It is vital to highlight the term ‘Enhances’ in the message as we hope that the spirit of Christmas will influence a movement to improve and support brotherhood,” he remarked.
The minister was accompanied by the Commander of the National Cops’s Mobile Brigade Corps, Inspector General Anang Revandoko, deputy chief of Jayakarta Regional Military Command, Brigadier General Bobby Rinal Makmun, Central Jakarta Resort Cops chief, Senior Commissioner Hengki Haryadi, and Central Jakarta Mayor Dhany Sukma during his see.
The Religious Affairs Ministry has asked churches to hold Christmas praise activities in a mix of online and offline formats with rigorous health protocols through Circular Letter Number 33/2021
The circular caps the variety of individuals going to offline events at 50 percent of a room’s capacity. (
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