PLENTONG - Around 190 representatives from 28 religious institutes in Malaysia gathered for their first assembly at Majodi Centre here on 8-11 June 2023. It was one of the many assemblies held in the church as it journeys towards the…
KOTA KINABALU: Members of the Catholic community here are being invited to submit their reflections on Synod on Synodality - a major ecclesiastical movement that is transforming the Church. The reflections in the form of art, stories and poetry should…
A host of Catholic institutions are teaming up to offer a series of free, online courses to explore discernment and decision making in the Church, as part of the ongoing Synod on synodality. Catholics across the globe are invited to…
For the forthcoming 2022 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Cardinal Mario Grech and Cardinal Kurt Koch invite all Christians to pray for unity and to continue to journey together. In a joint letter sent on 28 October 2021 to all bishops…
Oct 16 2021 Pastoral Letter 17 October 2021Launching of the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of BishopsDiocesan Synodal Phase We, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Malaysia-Singapore-Brunei are grateful to launch locally in every diocese, the XVI ORDINARY GENERAL…
FOR those looking for Pope Francis’ synod of bishops on young people to settle the current divides in the Catholic Church between bishops and laity, conservatives and reformers, LGBT Catholics and those who regard that group as an oxymoron, the…
Sr Sally Marie Hodgdon, says that the Synod of Bishops on Young People was a “moment of conversion and grace”, guided by Pope Francis who “brought out the best in us”. One of the women religious who audited the Synod of…
One day after the Synod on Young People concludes, 6 of the 7 women religious who participated share their experience of how they saw the Synod transformed by the presence of the young auditors. Vatican - A synthesis of the…
VATICAN - The Synod Fathers had Monday off while the first draft of the Synod document was being finalised. This draft will be presented at the General Assembly on Tuesday morning. The draft will be debated on Tuesday and Wednesday.…
VATICAN - The Synod of Bishops on Young People, Faith and Discernment opened on Wednesday in the Vatican. One of the young people invited to attend and to address the Synod talks about his hopes, expectations, and even about the…