Saintly relics for Penang church
By Andrea Filmer
August 2015 FEATURE
The Church of Divine Mercy, Penang’s youngest Catholic parish, has secured the first and only relic of the late Pope John Paul II in the country.“What have you been waiting for?”The question was vague and certainly not what Fr Martin Arlando was expecting when he answered a late morning call from the Bishop of Penang, Rt Rev Sebastian Francis, in August last year.After being installed as the first parish priest of Penang’s newest Catholic church less than a year before,...
Andrea Filmer
is a freelance journalist who has lived in the US and Australia but, for reasons unknown to herself, finds it impossible to call anywhere but Penang home.
