Jakarta, May 19 -- Cooperatives Minister Budi Arie Setiadi said Pope Leo XIV's inauguration was seen not merely as a religious ceremony but a moral call to strengthen humanity, solidarity, and social justice-also the cooperative movement's main foundations.

President Prabowo Subianto gave Setiadi a special mandate to attend Pope Leo XIV's inauguration at the Vatican on Sunday.

"The cooperative movement, which emerged from the spirit of togetherness and mutual assistance, has deep value alignment with socio-religious teachings, especially in terms of fighting for human dignity, eradicating poverty, and realizing a just economy," he noted in a statement received here, Monday.

The minister views Pope Leo XIV's inauguration as a symbol of ...