WHEN the Movement Control Order (MCO) was enforced to break the chain of the coronavirus outbreak in the nation on 14 March 2020, it also broke the pace of life in the parishes. Along with the suspension of Masses, all…
The International Day of Families is held annually on 15 May. It all started in 1994 when the United Nations proclaimed the first International Year of Families as a response to changing social and economic structures, which have affected and…
Pope Francis writes a letter to all the faithful, encouraging them to pray the Rosary, especially during the month of May Pope Francis is encouraging the faithful to pray the Rosary during the month of May, “when the People of…
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis prayed for families struggling economically during the COVID-19 pandemic and for the conversion of loan sharks who prey on them. "In many places you hear about one of the effects of this pandemic: many families who…
International Women’s Day KOTA KINABALU – The local Church chooses the theme Women: Heart of the Family for this year’s International Women’s Day (IWD). Archbishop John Wong said by choosing this theme, the people are challenged to find ways to…
VATICAN CITY - The new Statute for the Vatican’s Dicastery for Laity, Family, and Life was published by the Vatican on 8 May 2018. The new Dicastery for Laity, Family, and Life was instituted by Pope Francis on 15 Aug 2016 with…
VATICAN CITY - On 4 June 2016, it was announced that Pope Francis has taken up a recommendation from the Council of Cardinals, and approved ad experimentum (on experiment) the statute of a new dicastery for the laity, family and life.…
TATAL, Keningau – “Families must become the beacon of light that leads to Jesus.” In these words, Bishop Cornelius Sim of the Vicariate Apostolic of Brunei Darussalam summed up the call of Family at the Mass to conclude the 3rd…
KOTA KINABALU – In his interview with Catholic Sabah on 5 Nov 2015, Archbishop John Wong spoke candidly on his experience at the just- concluded Synod of Bishops on the Family. The Vatican’s synod on the family was opened by…
TAWAU - The Family Life of Holy Trinity Parish here conducted a series of talks on family life values, facilitated by Fr Charles Chiew of Keningau Diocese on 6-7 Sept 2015. Around 60 people attended the talks. The talks were based…