Interfaith believers welcome joint commitment to tolerance, dialogue

JAKARTA – As Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta signed a joint declaration calling for tolerance and an end to climate change, believers of all creeds welcomed the message, and the pope’s presence.

Speaking to Crux in English, KH Mubarok, a Muslim with Istiqlal Mosque who helped organize the pope’s Sept. 5 interreligious meeting in Jakarta, said “we are very happy” to welcome the pope.

“Somebody who is the leader of one of the religions who...