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Jesus calls us to be courageous and embrace risks

Feb 07, 2025

Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with Fr Andrew Kooi
Welcoming vocations: An ecclesial community that embraces desire and doubt

Feb 07, 2025

Pope’s prayer intention for February
Red-flagged story wins award, thanks to my buddy Jamil

Feb 07, 2025

The bond of friendship between a Catholic Journalist and a Muslim religious leader stands as a model for blissful Interfaith engagement.
End of life treatment, who decides?

Feb 07, 2025

“God heals, we help.” This tagline of a hospital in Penang will forever stay with me, as it was the place where my late husband passed away in 1994.
An invitation to something higher

Feb 07, 2025

For too long, preachers, catechists, Church hierarchy, and moral theologians have been too focused on sin. Well, indeed there is sin around, but that should hardly be our focus in terms of understanding what it means to live a moral Christian life. Here we should take our cue from Jesus.
Called to bring the Good News to all

Jan 26, 2025

Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with Fr Philip Tay, OCD
The silent need for connection

Jan 26, 2025

If we understand this and treat those affected with dementia as fully human, with minds of their own who are entitled to the full respect of others, then perhaps they can live a full and meaningful life. More importantly, they can still share their lives with us.
The joy of birth and the sorrow of death: The pain of losing a child

Jan 26, 2025

Pope Francis’ prayer intention for November 2024 was pastoral and addressed parents who had lost children. It read, “We pray that all parents who mourn the loss of a son or daughter find support in their community and receive peace and consolation from the Holy Spirit”.
Christian Unity — A lay social perspective

Jan 26, 2025

The weeks of January are inundated by post- Christmas celebrations for Catholics — the solemnity of Mary, the Epiphany, the Baptism of the Lord, and various feast days of popular saints.
All are called to holiness

Jan 26, 2025

The call to holiness is universal, but the call is varied. The call can be lived as a single person, married and raising families, consecrated life as religious brothers or sisters, or priestly life. Each role contributes to the building of the Church and society.