Asia’s whisper turns into a roar as evangelisation soars in region
Archbishop Simon Poh, of the vibrant region of Kuching in East Malaysia, is at the forefront of the burgeoning growth of Christianity in Asia.
Emphasis on women and accountability in document for second Synod session
How to be a missionary synodal Church? That’s the question at the heart of the Instrumentum laboris (IL) for the upcoming session of the...
Franciscan Custos and General Visitor pay fraternal visit to St Ann’s Parish
Friar Derrick Yap OFM, Custos of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei, together with General Visitor, Friar Robert Frazzetta OFM, arrived at St...
Kindly lights in gloomy world: Pope declares five new saints
Those canonised at the Mass were: St John Henry Newman, the British theologian, poet and cardinal who died in 1890; Brazilian St Maria Rita Lopes Pontes, popularly known as Sister Dulce, who died in 1992; Indian St Mariam Thresia Chiramel Mankidiyan, founder of the Congregation of the Holy Family, who died in 1926; St Marguerite Bays, a Swiss laywoman and mystic, who died in 1879; and St Josephine Vannini, the Italian co-founder of the Daughters of St Camillus, who died in 1911.
Pope Francis urges people to get vaccinated against Covid-19
Pope Francis launches a powerful appeal for people to get vaccinated with approved Covid-19 vaccines, calling it “an act of love.”
The Munich report and Ratzinger’s fight against abuse
It's only fair to remember Benedict XVI’s fight against clerical paedophilia during his pontificate and his willingness to meet and listen to the victims, asking them for forgiveness.