Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) Stadium - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 09 Sep 2024 01:15:31 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) Stadium - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Pope's visit to Indonesia: Francis holds an almost 'zero-waste' Mass https://cathnews.co.nz/2024/09/09/popes-visit-to-indonesia-francis-holds-an-almost-zero-waste-mass/ Mon, 09 Sep 2024 05:51:20 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=175547 Minutes before the start of the Mass that concluded Pope Francis' stay in Indonesia, a small army of volunteers wearing black and green T-shirts with the slogan "Your waste, your responsibility" guided the 60,000 pilgrims filling the stands of the vast Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) Stadium in Jakarta. An additional 25,000 people followed the Mass Read more

Pope's visit to Indonesia: Francis holds an almost ‘zero-waste' Mass... Read more]]> Minutes before the start of the Mass that concluded Pope Francis' stay in Indonesia, a small army of volunteers wearing black and green T-shirts with the slogan "Your waste, your responsibility" guided the 60,000 pilgrims filling the stands of the vast Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) Stadium in Jakarta.

An additional 25,000 people followed the Mass broadcast in another stadium 300 meters away.

The group at GBK on September 5 comprised colleagues from Starki University in Jakarta, affiliated with the Catholic congregation of the Missionary Sisters of St Charles Borromeo.

"How do I feel being here? I'm lucky. Many Catholics didn't get tickets and are watching the pope on TV," said 60-year-old Maria Ambarwati, as Pope Francis' car entered the stadium amid cheers of "Viva il Papa!"

Like her colleagues, the English and management teacher wore a straw hat with the large inscription: "Laudato si'."

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