The priest passed away this week at the age of 80. For decades, he was the soul of the STF Driyarkara in Jakarta. It was he who brought many lay people closer to the study of a discipline that was thought to be reserved for seminarians and who promoted 'Indonesian studies' on the thinking behind local values and multi-ethnic cultures.
President Joko Widodo has permitted Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto and Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs, Mahfud MD, to take .