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…
The Bishops' Conference of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei made their ad limina visit to the Holy See on 4-9 Feb 2018. Below is the reflection of Bishop Julius Gitom of Sandakan on the visit. I am very grateful to God…
Alexander Lucie-Smith is a Catholic priest, doctor of moral theology and consulting editor of The Catholic Herald. Below is his reflection posted on The Catholic Herald, 5 Oct 2017. Benedict XVI, the Pope Emeritus, has written a very short foreword…
PENAMPANG - The Diocesan Organisational Pastoral Plan (DOPP) of Kota Kinabalu Diocese was drafted by a core team in 1996. It was accepted and launched on 16 Sept 1997. Twenty years later (14 Aug 2017), Dominic Lim, one of the…
Below is a reflection on the pastoral use of the Bible in conjunction with Bible Sunday, 9 July 2017: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” (John 1:1) Divine Revelation…
Starting in 2017, the Malaysian Church celebrates Catechetical Sunday on January 22 (or date nearest to it). Below is a reflection by Fr Mark Michael of the Malaysian Commission for Catechetics. CHRIST came to bring joy to all humanity and…
Msgr Charles Pope reflects on fatherhood and mercy. He writes in his blog: Consider these seven observations: I. The merciful father loves the mother of his children. One of the most merciful things a father can do for his children…
At the heart of every World Youth Day is a very simple, powerful, ancient Christian symbol: two large planks of wood, known as the World Youth Day Cross, that many have called the “Olympic Torch” of the huge Catholic festival…
Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation “Amoris Laetitia” has been accepted by most Catholics as a breath of fresh air. Its warm encouragement to families to place love at the center of their lives, its clear invitation to pastors to accompany Catholics…
When the dust settles after Easter, many return to their daily routine and leave Christianity aside. With commercialisation, many have forgotten what Easter is all about. Whatever the season of Easter means to people, the denouement of Easter is reached…