Malaysian Church News

  • The reluctance to return the Bibles

    May 07, 2014

    The Bible Society of Malaysia (BSM) is convinced that the Selangor Islamic Religious Department (Jais) is refusing to return the Bibles seized from its premises four months ago because to do so would be an admission that it had erred in both deed and manner.

  • Bishop Paul Tan: Permanent deacons have been a ‘real help’

    May 02, 2014

    First, let me speak of “vibrant practice of the faith.” As things stand at present, there is no parish in the diocese which can be called an ideal parish or exemplary parish or model parish. Our parishes are, for the most part, very ordinary. It varies from parish to parish.

  • Malaysians have yet to fully understand hudud

    May 02, 2014

    Malaysians, even the Muslims, have yet to fully grasp the workings of the Hudud that the PAS government wants to implement in Kelantan.

  • Countries with hudud laws fail to reduce crime, says former top judge

    May 02, 2014

    Muslim countries which have implemented Islamic capital punishments, or hudud, have not been successful in reducing crime rate, former Chief Justice Tun Abdul Hamid Mohamad said recently.

  • In 2014, Government never rejected Hudud –‘Allah’s law

    May 02, 2014

    The government has never rejected hudud as Allah’s Law, but there are so many issues that need to be solved before the law can be fully implemented in the country, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said.

  • In 2011, PM says No Hudud in Malaysia

    May 02, 2014

    The Prime Minister ended the feud on the enforcement of hudud between political parties on Sept 24, 2011 saying that the federal government will not adopt the Syariah criminal enactment in Malaysia.

  • Delighted to be part of the Catholic Church...

    May 02, 2014

    “I began this journey in 2008 when I was studying in Montfort. I would go along with my friends to the chapel every Friday. As I listened and read about God, my interest developed.

  • Thousands throng Bukit Nanas for Easter celebrations

    May 02, 2014

    Easter is the most important holy day in the Catholic Church calender, as it marks the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, after His Crucifixion on Good Friday.

  • Easter Message — God is able to turn things round

    May 02, 2014

    Forty-two catechumens received the Sacraments of Baptism and Confirmation during a joyous Easter Vigil at St Michael’s Church on April 19.

  • Good Friday, the mystery of salvation

    May 02, 2014

    The Stations of the Cross on Good Friday, 18th April was conducted outdoors at 8.00 am. More than 2000 parishioners assembled at the frontage of the church, walking up solemnly to the final station in front of the Parish canteen.