The Pope (R) and grand imam Nasaruddin Umar (L) signed a declaration on religious harmony. #bbcnewslive #bbc
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00:00Pope Francis has warned against using religion to fuel conflict on his last day of his visit
00:05to Indonesia, the first stop in his tour around the Asia-Pacific region.
00:10At the Istiklal Mosque in the capital Jakarta, the pope signed a declaration on religious harmony
00:15and environmental protection with the mosque's grand imam and met with local leaders of six
00:20religions. The 87-year-old had earlier on Tuesday kicked off a 11-day visit to the region, the
00:27longest foreign trip of his papacy. After celebrating mass before an anticipated crowd
00:32of 80,000 in Indonesia's main football stadium later in the day, he will move to Papua New Guinea,
00:38Timor-Leste and Singapore. Speaking at the mosque, the largest in Southeast Asia,
00:45the pope on Thursday said people from different religions had to know,
00:49we are all brothers, all pilgrims, all on our way to God, beyond what differentiates us.
00:55Humanity is facing a serious crisis, brought about by war, conflict and the destruction of
01:01the environment, he added. The pope also visited a 28-metre-91-feet tunnel that connects Istiklal
01:08Mosque to a Catholic cathedral across the street. He and Grand Imam Naseruddin Umar stood at the
01:14entrance to the Tunnel of Friendship, which he said was an eloquent sign of how people
01:20of different beliefs could share roots. Indonesia is the world's largest Muslim
01:25majority country and only 3% of its 275 million are Catholics. Indonesia has six officially
01:32recognised religions, Islam, Protestantism, Catholicism, Buddhism, Hinduism and Confucianism.