Looking back at 2017
KOTA KINABALU - The year 2017 was an eventful year both at local and universal church levels. Below are some of the highlights of the year. Universal April 28-29: Papal visit to Egypt May 12-13: Papal visit to Fatima, Portugal.…
Yangon celebrates Christmas after 50 years
YANGON - The Christian communities in Myanmar, Catholic and Protestant, have publicly celebrated Christmas in the streets of Yangon, for the first time in 50 years. In the past Christmas was strictly confined within the walls of churches, several liturgies,…
SHC organises raffle ticket draw at yearend
KOTA KINABALU - The Raffle Ticket Draw in aid of the Catholic Centre Building Fund was drawn on 31 Dec 2017 at the Sacred Heart Parish Centre here. Within three months (Sept-Nov 2017) a total of 14,169 booklets (RM20/booklet) out…
Vatican newspaper: ‘post-truth’ media are constructing image of ‘progressive and permissive pope’
VATICAN CITY - In a front-page L’Osservatore Romano op-ed, Italian historian Lucetta Scaraffia wrote that relativism, which the Church has had to confront in recent decades, has given way to the phenomenon of “post-truth,” which is more difficult to confront…
CWL Tg Aru calls on KK prelate
PENAMPANG - The golden anniversary organising committee of the Stella Maris Catholic Women's League (SMCWL) paid a courtesy call on Archbishop John Wong at his office at the Catholic Archdiocesan Centre here on 30 Dec 2017. The objective of the…
SH Chinese community organises evening of Christmas celebration
KOTA KINABALU - The Sacred Heart Chinese community organised an evening to celebrate Christmas at the Sacred Heart Parish Centre here on 29 Dec 2017. Some 500 parishioners joined Archbishop John Wong, his assistant Father Paul Lo, and the Franciscan…
What’s the biggest obstacle to addressing a culture of sexual harassment?
The following is the outcome of a recent online survey on sexual harassment by 'America the Jesuit Review' posted on its website on 27 Dec 2017. When asked if they had experienced sexual harassment, 89 percent of all respondents to…
Papar’s Christmas theme relates to archdiocesan pastoral thrust
PAPAR – This year’s Christmas theme for St Joseph Parish here related well with the parish’s present pastoral activities in delivering the Archdiocesan Pastoral Thrust: 'My Family, My BECs and My Church' (Keluarga, KKD dan Gereja Ku) with acronym KKG…
Urbi et Orbi: Pope Francis laments ‘winds of war’ blowing around the world
VATICAN CITY - As Christians around the world celebrate the birth of Jesus, the Pope has depicted suffering reflected “in the faces of little children,” citing war and other tensions in places including the Middle East, Africa and the Korean Peninsula.…
Over 3000 turn up to celebrate Christmas with KK prelate at his open house
KOTA KINABALU - Over 3000 people turned up to celebrate Christmas with Archbishop John Wong at his open house on the afternoon of 25 Dec 2017 at the Sacred Heart Parish Centre here. The visitors including priests and religious came…