“Hati” (Heart): Where Pope Francis Left His Legacy

“Hati Indonesia”—an art installation cocreated by Scholas, youths and marginalized communities. Inside, a tapestry of 1000 dreams, prayers, and children’s drawings weaves a vision of unity. Pope Francis drew a heart inscribing: “Fraternity: Amity, Tenderness, Service.”Hati now sits inside the Three Mountains Pavilion—the world’s tallest bamboo structure—at the Kura Kura Bali Special Economic Zone, honoring Bali’s sacred peaks and signifying Open Mind, Open Heart, Open Will.

Here, miracles unfolded: Pink Halos and Circular Rainbows appeared before the Bali Kerthi Roadmap Launch. A recycled copper cross, blessed by the Pope and engraved with *Laudato Si’, was gifted to bridge social, ecological and spiritual divides.

THE RAINBOW OVER GEMILI HOSPITAL: A SIGN OF HOPE

On February 24, 2025, as Indonesia joined many to pray for the Pope’s health, a rainbow similar to THK U encircled Gemili Hospital.

On Good Friday, Scholas youths gathered at Hati Indonesia, echoing his mission on inner path to search for greater joy nurturing the social field. This is aligned with the United in Diversity campus work with Otto Scharmer and Peter Senge.

Pope Francis waited for a day of Easter’s renewal, after Eid al-Fitr (most significant Islamic celebration), on Kartini’s women day of courage, on the cusp of Bali Galungan’s balance, and Waisak that converge for a shared humanity and peace.

At Hati Indonesia on Sunday following the funeral in Rome, doves landing on Hati and hundreds of swallows swarmed the Three Mountains Pavilion nearby his blessed mangrove, to the gasp and wonder of attendees at the interfaith memorial for Pope Francis.

The miracle lives on—Hear our hearts, beating gently, your tender prayers for us, Heart to Heart (Hati to Hati), ah yes you are with God. ■

His words moved millions: “.. what lies ‘underneath’, what runs underground, like this ‘tunnel of friendship’ is the one root common to all religious sensitivities .. the thirst of the infinite that the Almighty has put in our hearts, the search for a greater joy and a life stronger than any kind of death .. step out of ourselves to encounter God”.

Pope Francis at Tunnel of Friendship