Malaysia establishes diplomatic relations with the Vatican
After a groundbreaking meeting, Malaysia now has diplomatic relations with the Vatican. The country's prime minister Najib Abdul Razak met with the Pope on Monday at Castel Gandolfo
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The Pope has named Archbishop Charles Chaput as the next leader of the embattled Philadelphia archdiocese. Rocco Palmo, John Allen and Thomas Peters react to the appointment. Malaysia established...
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The International Eucharistic Congress in Ireland last year boosted the local economy by €33m ($42.5m, £28m), organisers have said. The Vatican has loaned a vial of Blessed John Paul II’s blood for...
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The Church in Malaysia will appeal to the country’s highest court tomorrow to overturn a ban on a Catholic newspaper using the word “Allah”. Pope Francis urged Spain’s bishops to be in a state of...
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Malaysia’s supreme court has dismissed a Catholic newspaper’s appeal against a ruling forbidding it to use the word “Allah”. Andrea Tornielli reports on an astonishing meeting between Pope Francis and...
View ArticleMalaysian Church loses legal battle to use to word ‘Allah’
The Federal Court in Malaysia has ruled that the Catholic Church has no right to use the term “Allah” which means God. The decision follows the Church’s five year-long legal battle for their...
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When should you report a crime to the police? Always? Sometimes? Hardly ever? Are you morally obliged to pass on to the authorities anything you hear that suggests to you that a crime may have taken...
View ArticleBishop says Christians in Malaysia are ‘fearful about the future’
Auxiliary Bishop John Sherrington of Westminster has said Christians in Malaysia are fearful about the future amid growing intolerance. Malaysia is a predominantly Muslim country with a Christian...
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A Vatican-China agreement could cause a schism, prominent Catholics have claimed in an open letter. Metropolitan Hilarion has accused the US Treasury of “direct interference” in Russia’s electoral...
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