Sunday Observer
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Kisses of fraternity : Iconic image during Francis’ journey to this region
Sep 20, 2024
Pope Francis’ journey to this region has been significant in more ways than one.
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In the name of God?
Aug 23, 2024
God so loved the world that he sent Jesus to redeem it. He loved the world - everyone, everything in it.
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Why we cannot leave the world to the politicians to manage
Jul 26, 2024
As the political landscape in Europe undergoes a seismic shift, recent elections have laid bare a growing discontent.
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Poverty amidst plenty
May 24, 2024
A recent Unicef survey in Kuala Lumpur showed that 95 per cent of children polled were living in relative poverty, with 40 per cent living in households below the poverty line.
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G is for genocide in Gaza
Apr 26, 2024
We should never be OK with children dying from starvation, not because of drought or famine, but because of a man-made catastrophe! Because of the Empire.
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The ‘privatisation’ of Jesus
Mar 25, 2024
The idea of God or Jesus as a personal saviour was, perhaps, reinforced during the revival movement or in ‘born again’ circles in recent decades.
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‘A voice is heard in Ramah’ weeping for the children of Rafah
Feb 23, 2024
This Lent, let us pray to the Lord unceasingly to move the hearts of the callous, to stop killing people for land, money, profits and strategic interests.
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The Kingdom of God vs evangelical Christian Zionism
Jan 27, 2024
In 1904, a little-known meeting took place. Theodore Herzl, the secular Jewish founder of Zionism, met Pope Pius X in an attempt to seek the latter’s support for the formation of a secular Jewish homeland in Palestine.
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When Christmas celebrations are cancelled in Bethlehem
Dec 22, 2023
Bethlehem, like other Palestinian cities and towns, is in mourning over the ethnic cleansing and genocide taking place in Gaza.
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Israel-Palestine bloodshed: Whose side is God on?
Nov 24, 2023
This Christmas in the Holy Land will be a sobering experience. It will be especially poignant in Bethlehem, in Palestinian territory.
Sunday Reflection
Recognising the Pharisee within
Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with Bro Joseph Wong Pak Yii