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  Prayer is the dance of God

  Mar 31, 2023

  Performing arts polymath Michael Xavier Voon, has multiple local and international accolades under his creative arm.

  
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  African bishops say they’ll listen to synod, but also have something to teach

  Mar 24, 2023

  African prelates wrapped up their end of Pope Francis’ ongoing Synod on Synodality in early March, vowing that Africa will listen to the rest of the Church but also insisting that it has much to teach.

  
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  German Catholics conclude their “Synodal Path”

  Mar 24, 2023

  The Catholic Church in Germany has finally completed its highly publicised “Synodal Path” (der Synodale Weg), a project for ecclesial reform that the bishops launched three years ago, together with lay leaders, in response to the county's clergy sex abuse crisis.

  
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  All roads lead to... the Synod in Rome: A bit of synodal wisdom

  Mar 24, 2023

  The next six months are likely to be a bumpy road on the way to Rome where the first of two Synod assemblies on the very issue of synodality will take place this coming October.

  
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  Your tears are my tears; your pain is my pain

  Mar 24, 2023

  The missionary life is a continuous process of incarnation in which a part of me remains with the people to whom I am sent and a part of the people remains in me.

  
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  Ten years in, a look at some of Pope Francis’ top soundbites

  Mar 10, 2023

  When Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected Pope Francis almost ten years ago, the world was immediately captivated by his vibrant personality, his simplicity, his love of the poor, and the fresh, and frankly, unusual papal vocabulary he has often adopted.

  
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  Go beyond parallel lines that never meet

  Mar 03, 2023

  The recently concluded international conference on Pastors and lay faithful called to walk together was aimed at exploring the nature and foundation of lay co-responsibility in the Church.

  
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  Missionary biker, last foreign bishop, says goodbye to Kalimantan

  Mar 03, 2023

  At the wheel of his “two-wheeler”, he covered miles and miles on the rough roads of West Kalimantan. He visited villages, celebrated the Eucharist and gave the sacraments, catechised children, young people and adults, brought the proclamation of the Gospel to indigenous groups who had never heard of Christ, led caravans with humanitarian aid, or simply made long journeys to spend a few days with communities in remote places that very rarely saw a priest.

  
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  Uncle George – Baker with a caring heart

  Feb 24, 2023

  George Alexander Fernandez, 59, who is a skilled pastry chef with 37 years of experience in the industry, suffered the same fate as thousands of Malaysians when he lost his job during the COVID-19 pandemic three years ago.

  
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  Unapplied faith is meaningless

  Feb 24, 2023

  Naga DDB Tribal chief creative officer Alvin Teoh credits his parents, Andrew and Andrene Teoh, for instilling a deep-rooted Catholic faith in him by the way they live their faith.