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LETTER OF APPEAL: Maintenance of Kuching Catholic Cemeteries and Columbaria

To all families who have members buried in our cemeteries and all other well-wishers, over the years, the Church has taken as its responsibility to finance the upkeep of all the cemeteries and has never in any way charged families that have members buried there for maintaining these places. Such maintenance are more often than not, done on an Ad Hoc basis: in response to urgent requests of living family members....
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Pope Francis’ Message for World Mission Day 2023

Dear brothers and sisters! For this year’s World Mission Sunday, I have chosen a theme inspired by the story of the disciples on the way to Emmaus, in the Gospel of Luke (cf. 24:13-35): “Hearts on fire, feet on the move”. Those two disciples were confused and dismayed, but their encounter with Christ in the word and in the breaking of the bread sparked in them the enthusiastic desire to set out again towards Jerusalem and proclaim that the Lord had truly risen....
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Pope Francis’ Message for the 109th World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2023

Dear brothers and sisters! The migratory flows of our times are the expression of a complex and varied phenomenon that, to be properly understood, requires a careful analysis of every aspect of its different stages, from departure to arrival, including the possibility of return. As a contribution to this effort, I have chosen to devote the Message for the 109th World Day of Migrants and Refugees to the freedom that should always mark the decision to leave one’s native land....
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CFM Merdeka Day and Malaysia Day Statement 2023 (3 Languages)

Malaysians stand together at the threshold of celebrating with much joy and happiness the 66th anniversary of Merdeka Day on 31st August and the 60th anniversary of the formation of Malaysia on 16th September with the theme “Malaysia MADANI: Tekad Perpaduan Penuhi Harapan (Determination in Unity, Fulfilling Hope)....
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COVID-19 Guidelines for Catholic Churches in the Archdiocese of Kuching (With effect from 5th July 2023)

Garis Panduan COVID-19 untuk Gereja-gereja Katolik di Keuskupan Agung Kuching 古晋总教区天主教会新冠病毒(COVID-19)指南   Garis Panduan COVID-19 untuk Gereja-gereja Katolik di Keuskupan Agung Kuching 古晋总教区天主教会新冠病毒(COVID-19)指南   ...
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Pope Francis’ Message for Third World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly

Dear brothers and sisters! “His mercy is from age to age” (Lk 1:50). This is the theme of the Third World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly, and it takes us back to the joyful meeting between the young Mary and her elderly relative Elizabeth (cf. Lk 1:39-56)....
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Pope Francis’ Message for 57th World Communications Day

Dear Brothers and Sisters, after having reflected in past years on the verbs “to go and see” and “to listen” as conditions for good communication, with this Message for the LVII World Day of Social Communications, I would like to focus on “speaking with the heart”....
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Pope Francis’ Message for the 2023 World Day of Prayer for Vocations

Dear brothers and sisters, dear young people! This is now the sixtieth time that we are celebrating the World Day of Prayer for Vocations, established by Saint Paul VI in 1964, during the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council....
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