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Jan 13, 2025 | 
todayscatholic.com.my | Sarah Leong
KUCHING — In a visit aimed to foster goodwill and strengthen interfaith relations, a delegation from the Sarawak Islamic Information Centre (SIIC) paid a courtesy call on Catholic Archbishop Dato Dr Simon Poh at his office at ACCPC on 19 December 2024. Led by Acting Chief Executive Officer Tazudin Mohtar, the delegation included officers from SIIC and the Sarawak Islamic Council (MIS). They also came bearing festive gifts.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
todayscatholic.com.my | Francesca Merlo |Sarah Leong
Over half a million pilgrims have passed through the Holy Door of St Peter’s Basilica in the first two weeks of the Jubilee Year 2025. By Francesca MerloVATICAN CITY — Over half a million pilgrims have already passed through St Peter’s Basilica’s Holy Door since the Jubilee Year 2025 began just two weeks ago. According to a press statement released on Tuesday, a total of 545,532 faithful from across the globe have made the pilgrimage to Rome.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
todayscatholic.com.my | Devin Watkins |Sarah Leong
Pope Francis presides at Mass on the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord, and recalls that the star which points to Jesus is visible to everyone, inviting us to seek Him in all things.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
todayscatholic.com.my | Sarah Leong
PARIS, FRANCE — Chilling rain and the “City of Lights” completely locked down due to high-profile guests did not stop the crowds from arriving as close to Notre Dame Cathedral as possible for its inaugural Mass celebrated on Dec. 8. The beloved Paris icon also opened its doors to the public for the first time after the devastating fire in 2019, with the second Mass that Sunday for Parisians and tourists.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
todayscatholic.com.my | Sarah Leong
By UCA News reporterSOUTH KOREA — Catholic Church officials in South Korea have joined several other religious groups in denouncing President Yoon Suk Yeol’s now-retracted martial law order, which the country’s lawmakers thwarted. In a statement on Dec. 4, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea (CBCK) denounced Yoon’s imposition of martial law on Dec. 3 and urged him to apologize to the people.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
todayscatholic.com.my | Sarah Leong
Oleh Imelda NyaunSERIAN — Persatuan Guru Katolik Bahagian Serian telah mengadakan program Doa Rosari di Taman Gethsemane, Paroki Bunan Gega di sini pada 19 Oktober lalu. Seramai 29 orang guru serta ahli keluarga menyertai program ini yang diadakan sempena bulan Rosari bagi umat Kristian Katolik. Program ini bertujuan untuk mengeratkan hubungan silaturahim antara guru-guru Katolik di bahagian Serian.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
todayscatholic.com.my | Devin Watkins |Sarah Leong
Pope Francis releases his prayer intention for the month of December, and invites Christians to pray that each of us may become pilgrims of hope as a result of the 2025 Jubilee.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
todayscatholic.com.my | Sarah Leong
By Margaret Chan Kit YokKUCHING — Every year on 1 November, All Saints Day is observed to honour all Saints in heaven, a day to celebrate and remember Saints. In 2023, Holy Trinity Parish in Kenyalang initiated a “Parade of Saints” on All Saints Day, providing an avenue of catechising the Sunday School children and their families about the lives of the Saints. The parish’s objective was to virtually give the children the chance to dress up as Saints.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
todayscatholic.com.my | Sarah Leong
Pope Francis writes the foreword to a book by Italian journalist Francesco Antonio Grana who covers the Vatican, entitled “Jubilee of Hope.” The Pope writes: “I hope this time truly becomes an opportunity for conversion and for looking at one’s life in the light of the Gospel.” By Vatican News VATICAN CITY — The Holy Year and the Pope’s dream look with hope to a world marked by peace, where weapons are locked away in arsenals, those who manufacture them have stopped profiting from the deaths...
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Dec 1, 2024 | 
todayscatholic.com.my | Cerith Gardiner |Sarah Leong
By Cerith GardinerFr. David Michael Moses shares the importance of praying to the Church’s holy men and women. Praying to saints is a topic that can make believers and non-believers a little confused. After all, when people put their hands together in prayer, the general belief is that these prayers are directed to God Himself.
