Papua dioceses campaign against palm oil

Five dioceses in Indonesian Papua are campaigning against the effects of palm oil plantations on the environment in Timika, in the easternmost province.

Indon court gives go ahead to build church

An administrative court in West Java has ruled in favor of the Catholics in a dispute with local residents and authorities over building a church.

No role for state in defining blasphemy: Indon prof

Catholic legal expert Fr Franz Magnis Suseno has told a review of Indonesia’s blasphemy law that the state should not have a say in whether religious teaching is deviant.

Indonesian Court to rule on blasphemy law

Indonesia’s Constitutional Court on Thursday has begun a review of the country’s 1965 law on religious blasphemy despite opposition from the government and some Muslim groups.

Indonesian president accused over church attacks

Catholic and Protestant leaders have blamed Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for recent church attacks, saying that he failed to maintain religious freedom during the first 100 days of his second term.

Oblate priest’s service inspires young people

More than a hundred Catholic youths from across Indonesia say they are inspired to serve the poor after hearing about the missionary work of an Irish Oblate priest. (UCA News)

Christians most hit by religious freedom violations in Indonesia

A moderate Muslim research institute focusing on interfaith issues in Indonesia reported 35 cases of government violations of religious freedom – including 28 against Christians – and 93 instances of community intolerance of churches in 2009. (Samuel Rionaldo, Compass Direct News/Christianpost.com)

Gus Dur: the blind man with 20/20 vision

By the time I met him in the spring of 2007, his eyesight was failing, and his kidneys were not far behind. Yet, it took only a half hour, sitting with him and his family around their dining room table in Jakarta, to come under Gus Dur’s spell. (Rabbi Abraham Cooper, The Jakarta Post)

Small communities revitalize Catholics

Indonesian Catholics have praised Church neighborhood initiatives that they say have brought a new vibrancy to their lives. (UCA News)

Attacked Indonesian chapel stands firm

West Java Catholics have vowed to complete the construction of their chapel following an arson attack by an angry mob that caused thousands of dollars of damage.

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