TUARAN - Regular Massgoers of St John Tuaran received well the Year of Mercy (YoM) message focusing on the Samaritan Woman (Jn 4:1-42) on 23 Mar 2018. The programme was conducted by members of the Archdiocesan Social Communications Commission with…
KOTA BELUD - The second Friendship Faith Camp (FFC2) at St Joseph Chapel here drew 70 participants on 23 Mar 2018. The theme of the camp was Serving Together One Community. Among the speakers was Pauline Sister Laura Anggie who…
VATICAN CITY - Yesterday March 22 was World Water Day. “Nature for Water” is the theme for the 2018 celebration. Pope Francis and the Holy See have often contributed to this theme. Pope Francis has already made it clear that…
KOTA KINABALU - On an evening in March 2018 across the arch/dioceses of Kota Kinabalu, Sandakan, and Keningau, the arch/bishops will gather with their priests, seminarians and deacons, consecrated religious and lay faithful to celebrate the Chrism Mass where two…
Between June 12 and early July 1945, eight local civilians were apprehended, denied military trials, tortured and unlawfully killed for participating in anti-Japanese subversive activities with “sympathies which leaned towards the Allied cause.” The 1946 war crime trials held…
Can you really vote your Conscience? “VOTE your conscience” is not an unfamiliar phrase during election seasons. However, conscience is a biblical theme, and Christians should ask whether the common understanding of conscience in our society has become more in…
LENT is the occasion that the church offers to everyone, indistinctly, to live a time of desert without thus having to abandon daily activities. St Augustine made this famous appeal: “Re-enter your heart! Where do you want to go far…
In Paul's teaching on prayer in 1 Tim 2:1–4, one of the major thrusts is praying for those in authority. According to Paul's reasoning, we want good government that allows us to live "peaceful and quiet lives" - ultimately freeing…
PENAMAPNG - Forty-seven students and teachers of Class 1979 of St Francis Convent Secondary School Kota Kinabalu met after 39 years on 21 Mar 2018. The event was hosted by Preetha Joseph at her residence at Teck Guan Villa Penampang. …
VATICAN CITY - A new chapter for Vatican media and communications began on 30 Apr 2015, when Pope Francis established a commission of five members to analyse and implement the suggestions of a report from a Vatican Committee for Communication, which…