Cheese and Leftism
Some 40 years ago, a young German Jesuit priest arrived in Indonesia. He didn't know at the time that he would still be here in 2002. Or, for that matter, that he would get so involved in the Human Rights movement in Indonesia.
April 23, 2002
Father Franz Magnis-Suseno SJ, or `Romo Franz' as he is fondly called, was only 24 and full of the enthusiasm so typical of the young, when he volunteered to come to Indonesia. Inspired by letters from Jesuits who were already here, he says, "I entered Indonesia through the Javanese cultural door; I went straight to Central Java and began by learning the Javanese language. It was a policy with us Jesuits, because if you learnt Bahasa Indo
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