INDONESIA: QUAKE SURVIVORS ATTEND SUNDAY MASS AND MOURN THE DEATH OF POPE JOHN PAUL II

Record ID: 646732

  • Title: INDONESIA: QUAKE SURVIVORS ATTEND SUNDAY MASS AND MOURN THE DEATH OF POPE JOHN PAUL II
  • Date: 5th April 2005
  • Summary: (BN13) GUNUNG SITOLI, NIAS ISLAND (APRIL 3, 2005) (REUTERS) 1. SLV EXTERIOR OF SANTA MARIA CHURCH 0.04 2. SCU SIGN FOR CHURCH 0.10 3. LAS CROSS 0.15 4. MV ALTAR BOY HITTING GONG TO SIGNAL START OF MASS 0.24 5. SLV PASTOR MIKAEL TO'PR LEADING MASS OUTSIDE CHURCH 0.36 6. MV NUNS, PARISHIONERS SINGING; MV MASS IN PROGRESS; STATUE OF JESUS CHRIST/ PASTOR (8 SHOTS) 1.27 7. SLV / MV PARISHIONERS LINING UP TO RECEIVE COMMUNION 1.37 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 20th April 2005 13:00
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  • Location: GUNUNG SITOLI, NIAS ISLAND, INDONESIA
  • Country: Indonesia
  • Reuters ID: LVA8AV1SDDJ9K7G20JO9UA9M1GVE
  • Story Text: Quake survivors attend Sunday mass, and mourn the
    death of the pope.

    Residents of the earthquake-hit Indonesian island of
    Nias attended Sunday (April 3, 2005) mass for the first time,
    praying for strength and mourning the death of Pope John
    Paul II.

    Many are homeless and still grieving for the loss of
    loved ones, killed by Monday's (March 28) magnitude 8.7
    earthquake
    Sombre survivors gathered at the Santa Maria church in
    Gunung Sitoli, the main town on this majority Roman
    Catholic island, to attend mass that was held outdoor for
    fears of aftershocks.

    Pastor Mikael To'pr said the mass had been dedicated
    firstly to the Pope, and secondly to those killed during
    the earthquake.

    The most widely travelled pontiff in history visited
    Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country, in
    1989 where he led packed services for Roman Catholic
    Indonesians in
    five different cities.

    Among those cities was the town of Medan, Nias'
    provincial capital on mainland Sumatra.

    Meanwhile aid is still slowly reaching victims on Nias,
    where roads have been wrecked and many areas are cut off.

    The World Food Programme said 200,000 people need food
    and water provided for them over the next two months.

    The United Nations said as many as 1,300 people died in
    Monday's quake and up to 10 percent of the island's 700,000
    people may be homeless.


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