Pope Francis left Rome on Wednesday morning, 6 Sept 2017, to begin the 20th foreign trip of his pontificate: a visit to Colombia. The Pontiff is scheduled to arrive in Bogota at 4:30 in the afternoon, local time. Apart from…
PENAMPANG - Father Fundes Motiung was called to eternal life on 4 Sept 2017. He was the first of Sabah's seven priests from the Neocatechumenal community to return to the Father. He was 52. Born on 19 Nov 1965 in…
KOTA KINABALU - Beloved Mill Hill Missionary (MHM) Father Terry Burke was called to eternal life on Thursday 31 Aug 2017 in Tilehurst England, aged 73. Terence Laurence Burke was usually known as Terry. He was a Londoner, born in…
INANAM - Inanam lad Deacon Leslie J Bingkasan was ordained priest for the Society of Jesus on 1 Sept 2017 at St Catherine's Church here. Some 500 people including the ordinand's family members, relatives and friends turned up to witness…
MEMBAKUT – Pauline Sister Laura Anggie conducted two Media Literacy Education (MLE) sessions in the Diocese of Keningau recently. The first session was held at St Patrick Membakut on 26 Aug 2017 on Church and Social Communication. Membakut is a…
SANDAKAN - St Mary's Cathedral here celebrated the feast of the Assumption with a Marian procession on 15 Aug 2017. It began with the tri-lingual recitation of the Holy Rosary and the blessing of the statue of Mother Mary by…
VATICAN CITY - For the first time, Pope Francis and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I are launching an appeal in a joint message, on the occasion of the Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, celebrated…
JOHOR - Several PAS leaders met leaders of the Malacca-Johor Catholic Diocese on 21 August 2017 to discuss issues related to religious harmony in Malaysia, including the recently passed amendments to the Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976. This marked…
SANDAKAN - Parishioners of St Mary's Cathedral here prepared themselves for feast day celebration through a series of spiritual activities. It began with a novena of Masses on 4-12 Aug 2017 at the cathedral including a Mass for the sick,…
PAPAR - Over 200 East Malaysian Catholic Women gathered for their 9th conference at the Pace Bene Retreat Centre here on 26-30 Aug 2017. The 234 women came from the three arch/dioceses of Kota Kinabalu, Keningau and Sandakan in Sabah…