We are called to celebrate the Eucharist at the altar of the Lord, but also in daily life, where it is possible to live everything as an offering and an act of thanksgiving. #GeneralAudience
Indonesia was once seen as a darling of investors. But fears of corruption and policy missteps are raising concerns about the country’s economic future
https://t.co/Himk6JYfLr
Tidak banyak yg tahu fakta ini... Berapa lama Bapak Pendidikan Indonesia, Ki Hadjar Dewantara, menjabat sebagai Menteri Pendidikan (saat itu Menteri Pengadjaran)?
Saya dapat info bhw ada 17 calon Dubes asing yg sudah tiba di Jakarta tapi sampai sekarang masih MENUNGGU waktu utk memberikan surat kepercayaan kpd Presiden. Dari mereka ada yg sudah menunggu 8 bulan. Ada juga Dubes dari negara ASEAN yg menunggu 6 bulan. Karenanya, mereka belum bisa bekerja secara resmi.
Ini memberikan kesan buruk bagi negara2 sahabat yg mengirim Duta Besarnya ke 🇮🇩, apalagi Dubes 🇮🇩 di luar negeri selalu dgn cepat menyerahkan surat kepercayaan kpd host country. Tanpa menyalahkan siapapun, Mohon masalah ini dapat segera dituntaskan Istana krn menyangkut reputasi diplomatik kita.
When the g0vt has its own agenda, it won't listen to any critics, rather the officials responded like their feelings got hurt, instead of being open minded... Jesus take the wheel 🙏
Saat masih kuliah di UGM, saya mendengar kabar seorang diplomat muda Indonesia di London berani tampil di BBC World Debate, berhadapan dgn diplomat senior Ramos Horta, di saat atmosfer internasional sedang menyudutkan Indonesia. Diplomat muda Indonesia itu tampil gemilang menjaga nama Indonesia tegak berwibawa. Di situlah pertama kali saya mendengar namanya: @dinopattidjalal.
Beberapa tahun kemudian, saat sedang menempuh progam PhD di Illinois, kami berjumpa langsung. Dino datang ke Chicago menjelaskan keadaan mahasiswa dan diaspora Indonesia pasca-9/11. Yg kami temui adalah diplomat muda yg cerdas, artikulatif, dan mampu menangani persoalan rumit dgn ketenangan diplomatik yg sulit ditiru.
Tahun 2012, sebagai Dubes di AS, Dino menggagas Kongres Diaspora Indonesia pertama di Los Angeles, mempertemukan diaspora dari seluruh dunia. Saya termasuk yg ia undang. Ia lalu mendirikan FPCI, komunitas kebijakan luar negeri terbesar dan berpengaruh, yg ikut melahirkan generasi diplomat baru, ujung tombak kita di panggung global.
Menguasai substansi, rekam jejaknya teruji, dan pengalaman memimpinnya luas. Itulah Dino. Karier diplomatiknya panjang dan ajeg, kecintaannya pada politik luar negeri Indonesia begitu dalam. Dino Patti Djalal, bukan karbitan jadi diplomat, bukan pula karbitan jadi pejabat.
Jangan terjebak kompetisi di dunia akademik krn ilmuwan yg mumpuni adl ilmuwan yg dpt melihat & menghormati dirinya sbg manusia seutuhnya. Riset & publikasi bs dilakukan kapanpun. Namun momen2 kemanusiaan (hamil, melahirkan, etc) tdk dpt dilewatkan & hrs dialami sepenuhnya.
#Peace is not something we must invent: it is something we must embrace by accepting our neighbor as a brother or sister. We do not choose our brothers and sisters: we must simply accept one another! We are one family, inhabiting the same home: this wonderful planet that ancient cultures have cared for over millennia. #ApostolicJourney #Cameroon
> Pope Leo XIV
> born chicago 1955
> nobody special. just a catholic kid from the suburbs
> played "mass" with his brothers at home as a kid
> studied math at uni. not even theology. math
> graduated then walked straight into a monastery same year
> ordained priest at 26
> rome called him
> flew over. got a full doctorate in canon law
> could've stayed in rome living comfortable
> went to peru instead
> first mission: chulucanas. semi-arid desert at the foot of the andes
> spent his first year doing disaster relief after el niño floods hit the regio
> went back to chicago briefly to finish his thesis
> then went straight back to peru
> settled in trujillo. stayed there for nearly a decade
> this was during peru's civil war
> witnessed car bombs & military crackdowns (he stayed)
> learned spanish. founded a parish. trained future priests
> travelled by horse on difficult roads to reach isolated communities in the mountain valleys
> spoke out publicly against fujimori's government (when other bishops stayed quiet)
> went back to chicago in 1999
> won election as head of the augustinian province on reputation alone
> 2001: elected to lead the entire worldwide augustinian order
> ran it for 12 years. based in rome. travelled every continent
> never gave interviews. never chased headlines
> 2023: francis called him to rome
> made him the man who decides who becomes a bishop anywhere on earth
> made cardinal september 2023
> two years later, francis died
> second day of the conclave. fourth ballot
> walked out onto the balcony of st peter's basilica
> spoke for 10 minutes in flawless italian
> speaks 5 languages. holds 2 passports
> first american pope in 2,000 years of church history
> first augustinian pope ever
> two years earlier he was one of 5,400 bishops with zero global visibility
Every vatican insider said an american pope was impossible...