Over the weekend, the Jakarta Cathedral set up a photo spot on its premises featuring a large cut-out of Pope Francis. - Photo: EPA-EFE
JAKARTA: Indonesia is stepping up security for Pope Francis’s visit next week – his first stop on his 12-day tour of Asia, with snipers being deployed and thousands of officers on standby.
Pope Francis, who is the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State, is scheduled to visit the Indonesian capital of Jakarta from Tuesday (Sept 3) to Thursday (Sept 5), before making stops in Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and Singapore.
