Recent Editorial

  • What kind of nation do we want? Listen to our soul

    Nov 04, 2022

    Humanity has certain instinctive and intuitive values that allow us to discern right from wrong.

  • Editor’s Note

    Nov 04, 2022

    As you prepare to vote, do not succumb to herd mentality and be swayed by election goodies and fiery speeches. Vote wisely, intelligently and with an informed conscience.

  • The responsibility of the leaders of nations

    Oct 14, 2022

    Pope Francis’ appeal during the Angelus on October 2 is a call to stop the war machine that is dragging the world toward an abyss with no return.

  • What can Pope Francis do to stop Putin?

    Oct 14, 2022

    Two perspectives on the Pope’s efforts to bring an end to the war in Ukraine — one by an historian of religion and the other by a political scientist.

  • Editor’s Note

    Oct 07, 2022

    The Kuala Lumpur Archdiocesan Office for Human Development celebrated its 30th anniversary early this month. Under the purview of this Office are several ministries and desks that cater to the urban-rural poor, prisoners, migrants, Orang Asli, people with special needs, women, etc.

  • How does one learn to be a bishop?

    Sep 30, 2022

    While the “job” of being a bishop is particularly high-profile, the preparation for this ministry is quite limited. But the Vatican has been trying to address that.

  • Editor’s Note

    Sep 30, 2022

    Church attendance has been declining since the pandemic. A common lament among the clergy is that church attendance is still not back to normal, that is, how it used to be pre-pandemic.

  • To serve, not be served

    Sep 30, 2022

    Curia called to help bishops, bishops’ conferences

  • Editor’s Note

    Sep 23, 2022

    Our celebration of Migrant Sunday as we like to call it, should motivate us to encounter and identify with those in our community, who are in need of strength and consolation, who often experience a deep sense of loneliness, anxiety and fear.

  • The Pope and the praying menace

    Sep 23, 2022

    Pope Francis has had a fair amount of success in getting people to look with new eyes at major issues or problems in our world. He has been helped out in this thanks to generally friendly media coverage.