Focus

  • Women who witnessed the Resurrection first Leading the faith forward

    Apr 18, 2025

    In the soft haze of dawn, as the world held its breath between darkness and light, a woman walked alone toward a tomb.

  • Walk a mile in my shoes

    Apr 18, 2025

    Would you spend 24 hours homeless? From March 10 to 12, ten individuals from various backgrounds took part in the ‘Homeless for 24 Hours’ event, organised by the Ministry of the Poor (MOP) under AOHD, as part of the 2025 Lenten Campaign.

  • Ecological Conversion: A call to action from the Church in Asia

    Apr 12, 2025

    In a time of unprecedented ecological challenges, the Catholic Church in Asia has raised its voice in unity with the global community, urging a renewed commitment to the care of creation. The recent pastoral letter issued by the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC) calls on all local churches across Asia to engage in the urgent task of ecological conversion.

  • Advice to new priests hoping to change a parish: Go slow and listen

    Apr 12, 2025

    Synodality is what I would call a “far-away word.” The strange sound of the word makes it feel distant from our lives.

  • Passing on spiritual knowledge to the next generation

    Apr 12, 2025

    Such a synodal approach means thinking of your parishioners as more than just your “flock.” A pastor is gifted with responsibilities, true: By the grace of your ordination and the decision of the bishop, you are a leader.

  • AOHD Summit 2025: A transformative encounter of faith and unity

    Apr 12, 2025

    The Archdiocesan Office of Human Development (AOHD) of the Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur hosted the AOHD Summit 2025 – A Lenten Journey of Hope from March 21 to 24.

  • Christ’s light overcomes all inner darkness

    Mar 28, 2025

    The journey inward is perhaps the most challenging pilgrimage we will ever undertake. “Do not just look around. Look within.” These words call us to a deeper examination than our usual outward glances. We are invited not merely to observe the world around us but to turn our gaze inward to those shadowed corners we so often avoid.

  • Sin does not have the final word

    Mar 28, 2025

    Lent calls us to reflect on sin – my sin, your sin, the nation’s sin, the Church’s sin, the world’s sin.

  • Technology and humanity: A call for ethical responsibility

    Mar 28, 2025

    Pope’s prayer intention for April

  • We call him Pope Francis, but she calls him ‘cousin Giorgio’

    Mar 28, 2025

    In the quiet Italian town of Portacomaro, nestled in the rolling hills of Piedmont, Carla Rabezzana, 93, sits in her modest home, her television flickering with updates from the Vatican. She is not just any viewer — she is the cousin of Pope Francis, or as she has called him since she was in her 30s, “Giorgio.”