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Mahathir’s landmark pledge at UN gives real hope for new Malaysia
Oct 05, 2018
Mahathir’s landmark pledge at UN gives real hope for new Malaysia
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The courageous witness of Saints Oscar Romero and Paul VI
Oct 05, 2018
Romero’s appointment was welcomed by the government, but many priests were not happy.
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The roots of corruption and destruction are fed by greed
Sep 29, 2018
Some of the biggest problems in Malaysia today can be traced back to rampant corruption which has bled the nation almost dry.
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Bridging the unbridgeable gap
Sep 28, 2018
“Besides all this, between you and us a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who might want to pass from here to you cannot do so, and no one can cross from there to us.”
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Chastity and love
Sep 21, 2018
Woe to chastity that is not practiced out of love, but woe to love that excludes chastity.
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A tale of three banquets
Sep 21, 2018
Malaysia is widely regarded as having a diversified fairly open trading and market economy based largely on manufacturing and services.
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An ode to the Church
Sep 14, 2018
Carlo Carretto was an Italian monk who died in 1988. For many years he lived as a hermit in the Sahara Desert, translated the scriptures into the Tuareg language, and from the solitude of the desert wrote some extraordinary spiritual books.
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Towards a more meaningful, inclusive Malaysia Day
Sep 14, 2018
This Sunday, we celebrate Malaysia Day, the first in the new Malaysia. The celebrations this year take on a new tone as we celebrate the diversity in our federation – comprising the Peninsula, Sabah and Sarawak – in the spirit of inclusivity.
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How to respond
Sep 08, 2018
Sometimes, all you can do is to put your mouth to the dust and wait. That’s a counsel from the Book of Lamentations and, while perhaps not the best response to the recent revelations of clerical sexual abuse and cover-up in the Roman Catholic Church, it seems the only helpful response available to me as a Roman Catholic priest today. Beyond prayer, I’ve been hesitant to respond otherwise to this current situation for three reasons.
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Conservative backlash against Francis?
Sep 07, 2018
This has been an uncomfortable time for the Catholic Church, in particular the Bishop of Rome, Francis, who is fresh from a trip to Ireland.
Sunday Reflection
Fifth Sunday of Easter: Behold, I make all things new
It was extraordinary. No one could have ever expected it to happen. People whom the Jewish people normally referred to as the dogs, the gentiles, were listening to the preaching of Jewish missionaries and were flocking to become members of the New Way, the Way of Jesus Christ.
