Beatrice Beth Baikan, who holds a doctoral degree in Turfgrass Science/Golf Course Environmental Management from Cornell University USA, writes on her journey with her cousin, the late Father Fundes Motiung, who died on 4 Sept 2017. It was on Easter…
Father James Chia writes from Buffalo, USA at the invitation of Catholic Sabah to share about Fr Fundes Motiung, whom he talked with in his visit to Kota Kinabalu in August 2017. Fr James Chia of the Order of the…
BUNDU TUHAN - One hundred and forty youth ministers were challenged to embrace the joy of the Gospel presented by Pope Francis to the Church as their way of mission at the 10th Archdiocesan Youth Consultation or KBK-10 (Konsultasi Belia Keuskupan),…
THE most recent papal pronouncement giving more control to national bishops' conferences over the translation of liturgical texts had the quality of another of the jolts we've become accustomed to during the Francis papacy. As his tenure advances, however, those…
TAWAU - Sandakan Diocese marked its 10th anniversary with the launching of its Diocesan Vision and Mission Statements as well as its Diocesan Pastoral Plan at Holy Trinity Church here on 18 Oct 2017. In his message, Bishop Julius Dusin…
CEBU, Philippines - Cardinal Ricardo Vidal, the retired Archbishop of Cebu, died on 18 October 2017 at the age of 86. He had been hospitalised last week after he collapsed, suffering from pneumonia. Ordained in 1956 as a priest of…
MANILA - One of Philippine's leading exorcists reminded Catholic priests to perform the blessing of sacramentals, or religious objects, properly to avoid "demonic infestation." Father Michell Joe Zerrudo, head exorcist of the Diocese of Cubao, said the blessing of religious…
VATICAN CITY - As the church marks the 25th anniversary of the publication of the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC), promoting it as a means of teaching the truth about faith remains a challenge and a priority. Since its…
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has announced a special assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon region that will focus on the needs of its indigenous people, on new paths for evangelisation and on the crisis of the rainforest. The Pope’s announcement came…
KOTA KINABALU - Unusually strong winds bent the three flag poles and flipped the outside billboard canvas to the other side at the Sacred Heart Cathedral on 14 Oct 2017. This took place before the Novena to Our Lady of…