Focus

  • BAVE Chamber Choir: A celebration of faith, unity, and musical excellence

    Sep 06, 2024

    The BAVE Chamber Choir, under the visionary leadership of Dr Casey Broadway, recently achieved remarkable success on the international stage, bringing home prestigious awards to our Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur and Malaysia from the 13th Musica Eterna Roma held from July 17 to 21, 2024.

  • Former students pay tribute to dedicated La Sallian educator

    Aug 30, 2024

    After six decades as a dedicated teacher and as the oldest living La Salle brother in Malaysia, Ambrose Loke’s contributions and spirit were recently feted in a grand reception at the La Salle Hall off Jalan Gasing here.

  • Leadership Succession: Lessons from Scripture and Service

    Aug 16, 2024

    Archbishop Emeritus John Ha of Kuching (pic) was one of the speakers at the Transforming Parishes 2024 (TP24), hosted by the Alpha Hub in Kuala Lumpur as part of the wider Alpha Regional Gathering (ARG). The archbishop emeritus addressed various aspects of leadership within the Church, focusing on leadership succession, servant leadership, and decision-making. The session concluded with a Q&A segment, where attendees sought the prelate’s insights on these critical issues. We feature some highlights of his talk.

  • The Jesuit roots of the synod’s ‘conversations in the spirit’

    Aug 09, 2024

    Conversations in the Spirit is a method of communal discernment that aims to help a group of people listen to the Holy Spirit through conversations with one another.

  • Being a Missionary of Synodality

    Aug 09, 2024

    Since returning from a “Parish Priests for the Synod” meeting held in Rome this year, Fr Cletus Mwiila, parish priest of St Mary’s Choma Parish in Zambia’s Monze Diocese, has been bringing the synodal message to Zambia’s parish priests, seminarians, women religious, and local communities. Vatican News spoke to Fr Mwiila about his mission and experiences in Zambia.

  • We need to experience synodality to truly understand it

    Aug 02, 2024

    The vision of a synodal Church presented in the instrumentum laboris is beautiful, but it is terribly abstract. We need to experience synodality to truly understand it, just as we need to experience love to understand it.

  • Praying for Political Leaders

    Aug 02, 2024

    Pope’s prayer intention for August

  • The Church has long used sports to evangelise

    Jul 26, 2024

    As the sporting world and fans await the 2024 Paris Olympics (July 26 – Aug 11) and the Paralympic Games (Aug 28 – Sept 8), eight Catholic dioceses in Greater Paris have already ignited their own Olympic flame by organising the Holy Games.

  • Cheering on the bravest: The 2024 Refugee Paralympic Team

    Jul 26, 2024

    The International Paralympic Committee has announced the names of the eight athletes and one guide runner who will participate in the Paris Paralympics from August 28 to September 8, as part of the Refugee Team.

  • Teen builds rosary business to spread devotion

    Jul 19, 2024

    Rings of the Lord — which crafts quality, handmade rosaries designed to last — was founded nearly four years ago by Will Henry, the oldest of Brad and Ashley Henry’s five children.