Malaysian Church News

• Politicians have failed religious minorities

  Apr 02, 2014

  Politicians, from Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Rakyat, have failed to protect the freedom of worship for all religions and it is now up to the ordinary citizen to stand up.

  

• Defend the right to use the word ‘Allah’

  Apr 02, 2014

  With the row over the use of the word "Allah" still simmering, Anglican Christians in Sarawak said they will go all out to defend their right to use the word in worship.

  

• Memancarkan Wajah Kristus melalui orang muda Katolik

  Mar 28, 2014

  Bertempat di Wisma Keuskupan Denpasar, 36 Orang Muda Katolik yang berasal dari paroki-paroki di wilayah Keuskupan Denpasar berhimpun bagi mengikuti latihan Public Speaking.

  

• Lent — an opportunity or a burden?

  Mar 28, 2014

  Reflecting on the meaning of Lent, some say it is a season of fasting and abstinence, some accept it as an ordinary moment whereas others think it is the time to discern and struggle to be a better individual.

  

• BEC’s Lenten outreach

  Mar 28, 2014

  The Holy Infant Jesus SS20 BEC from St Ignatius Church organized their annual outreach programme for Lent 2014, at their name-sake Holy Infant Jesus Chapel, Kuala Selangor on March 1.

  

• Vatican expresses sorrow on what has happened to flight MH370

  Mar 28, 2014

  The Vatican has expressed great sorrow on what has happened to the MH370 which went missing on Mar 8 with 239 passengers and flight crew on board.

  

• Island Deanery praying for MH370

  Mar 28, 2014

  On day nine of the disappearance of MH370, the Church of Divine Mercy in Sungai Ara, held the Penang Island Deanery Level Day of Prayer for the 239 crew members, passengers and their families.

  

• Syariah conviction in Penang of Indonesian Christian throws up jurisdictional limbo

  Mar 28, 2014

  An Indonesian Christian is now fighting her conviction for “khalwat” (close proximity) under local syariah laws, but lawyers are outraged that a non-Muslim was even prosecuted under the Islamic legal system.

  

• The unique Stations of the Cross devotion in Melaka

  Mar 28, 2014

  Unlike other church or chapel parishes around Malaysia which promote the Stations of the Cross once a year, this exercise in Malacca is publicly conducted twice annually.

  

• “Whatsoever you do to the least of my brothers you do unto me”

  Mar 28, 2014

  The launching of the Lenten Campaign at the Church of St Joseph was held after the morning Mass on the First Sunday of Lent.