Words of Gratitude – GBK Stadium, 5 September 2024

APOSTOLIC JOURNEY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS

TO INDONESIA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA,
TIMOR-LESTE AND SINGAPORE

2-13 September 2024

Thanksgiving at the Conclusion of Mass

Jakarta, Gelora Bung Karno Stadium

5 September

I thank Cardinal Ignatius, as well as the President of the Bishops’ Conference and the other Bishops of the Church in Indonesia, who together with the priests and deacons serve the holy people of God in this great country.  I thank, too, the consecrated men and women, all the volunteers and, with great affection, the elderly, sick and suffering who have been praying for us.

My visit among you is drawing to an end, and I wish to express my joyful gratitude for the superb welcome that I have received.  With renewed thanks to the President of the Republic, the other Civil Authorities and the security services, I likewise express my appreciation to the entire Indonesian people.

Dear brothers and sisters, may God bless you and make you grow and persevere in peace and fraternal love!