VATICAN CITY — Marriage and family life are blessings for individuals and for society, but both are filled with difficult choices that Catholic couples must be helped to face prayerfully and in the light of their consciences, Pope Francis said. Unfortunately,…
KUNAK - Fifty-three youngsters attended the Youth Alpha Camp organised by the Silam Catholic Youth Apostolate (SCYA) on 6-8 Oct 2017 at Borneo Paradise Eco Farm Resort here. The participants came from Our Lady of Pilar Silam and St Nicholas…
KUALA PENYU - The winning entry from the youth choir of St Peter Bundu here will be used as the theme song for the Silver Jubilee of the Keningau Diocese next year. The choir, under the guidance of Batholomew Cornelius,…
BUKIT PADANG - The Children's Liturgy of the Word (CLOW) ministry of the Church of Mary Immaculate (CMI) here celebrated its 19th anniversary on 12 Nov 2017. The celebration has become the sub parish's annual children's Mass with children taking part…
VATICAN CITY - Starting in 2018, the Vatican will 'cease to sell cigarettes to employees,' the Catholic Herald posted on its news portal on 9 Nov 2017. Concerned by the damage caused by smoking, Pope Francis has banned the sale…
VATICAN CITY - On Wednesday Pope Francis chastised those who spend Mass talking to others, looking at their phone or even taking pictures during papal liturgies, saying these are distractions that take focus away from the “heart of the Church,”…
MANILA - The Church in the Philippines observed “Lord Heal Our Land Sunday” on 5 Nov 2017, to pray for victims of extrajudicial killings. President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) Archbishop Socrates Villegas participated in a…
BUKIT PADANG - A Sign Language Mass was celebrated at the Church of Mary Immaculate here on 10 Sept 2017. It was organised by the Sacred Heart Ministry to Deaf People (SHMDP) of the Sacred Heart Cathedral Parish Kota Kinabalu.…
PENAMPANG - Eighteen long-time married couples convalidated their marriages on 26 Sept 2017 at St Michael's Church here. Father Wiandigool Runsab, the assistant pastor, officiated the convalidation ceremony. “We have been married for 29 years with five children, and now expecting a grandchild. As…
PENAMPANG - The Family Life Committee of the St Michael Parish here organised a two-day conference on family life on 23-24 Sept 2017. The inaugural conference was held at Jud's Hall at St Aloysius Limbanak on the first day and…