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Indonesian man raises funds to build 219 churches
August 08, 2026
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CWN Editor's Note: L’Osservatore Romano devoted the most prominent front-page article in its August 7 edition to the work of Albertus Gregory Tan, a 36-year-old Indonesian man who has raised funds to build 219 churches and chapels in remote villages.
The Vatican newspaper reported:
Gregory insists that the greatest achievement is not measured in bricks, concrete, or impressive statistics; as he states, “buildings are merely the visible result,” whereas the true mission “is to build up people, bring hope, strengthen faith, and remind those on the margins that they are not forgotten.”The above note supplements, highlights, or corrects details in the original source (link above). About CWN news coverage.
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