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Catholic Church by country. The Catholic Church in Indonesia ( Indonesian: Gereja Katolik di Indonesia) is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the pope in Rome. Catholicism is one of the six approved religions in Indonesia, the others being Islam, Protestantism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism.
St. Servatius Church. The Catholic Church of St. Servatius ( Gereja Katolik Santo Servatius in Indonesian) in Kampung Sawah, Bekasi, West Java is a parish consisting of mostly Catholic Christians from Betawi in the Kampung Sawah area. [1] [2] Betawi culture is still shown by church members through the use of Betawi language and vocabulary which ...
The Catholic Church operates tens of thousands of Catholic schools, universities and colleges, hospitals, and orphanages around the world, and is the largest non-government provider of education and health care in the world. [ 26] Among its other social services are numerous charitable and humanitarian organizations.
Jakarta Cathedral ( Indonesian: Gereja Katedral Jakarta, Dutch: Kathedraal van Jakarta) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Jakarta, Indonesia, which is also the seat of the Roman Catholic archbishop of Jakarta, currently Archbishop Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo. [1] Its official name is Gereja Santa Maria Diangkat ke Surga, derived from the ...
Ganjuran Church is located in Ganjuran, Bambanglipuro, Bantul, 17 kilometres (11 mi) south of Yogyakarta. It is built on 2.5 hectares (6.2 acres) of land and in addition to the church has a parking lot, temple ( candi ), residence for pastors, and other maintenance buildings. As of 2011, its total congregation is 8,000, consisting mostly of ...
The Cathedral, 1920. At its inception in 1879, the Cathedral Church of Medan is a leaf-roofed hut and thatched roofed place of worship for dozens of Catholics (the majority ethnic Tamil Indian and the Netherlands) at Jl Pemuda No 1 (formerly: Paleisstraat; Istana Street ). In 1884, the congregation had grown to 193 people.
Catholic Party (Indonesian: Partai Katolik) was a political party for Indonesia's Catholics from colonial times to the 1970s.In 1967 members were involved in debates concerning religious freedom in the New Order and the influence of missionaries on the nation.
The Catholic Church in East Timor is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. In 2015, there were over 1,000,000 Catholics in East Timor, a legacy of its status as a former Portuguese colony. Since its independence from Indonesia, East Timor became only the second predominantly Catholic country ...