Penang Catholic church looks to beatify, canonise war hero Sybil Kathigasu

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Its bishop Cardinal Sebastian Francis says he has consulted with, and received the blessings of, KL archbishop Julian Leow on the matter.  Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/07/03/penang-catholic-church-looks-to-beatify-canonise-war-hero-sybil-kathigasu/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #SybilKathigasu #Papan #PenangCatholicChurch

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00:00The Catholic Bishop of Penang, Cardinal Sebastian Francis, has started a cause for the beatification

00:09and canonization of civilian hero Sibyl Katigesu.

00:13Francis said he had consulted and received the blessings of Kuala Lumpur Archbishop Julian

00:18Liao on the matter.

00:20He said the beatification and canonization of Sibyl is an opportunity to bring the Catholic

00:25community together.

00:27Sibyl, an Indonesian-born nurse who ran a free clinic in Papan Perak with her husband,

00:32Dr. Abdon Clement Katigesu, during the Japanese occupation of Malaya, supported the resistance

00:38movement at the time.

00:40She secretly supplied medicines and medical services to Allied forces and shared information

00:45from BBC shortwave broadcasts.

00:49She was eventually captured and interrogated by the Japanese secret police, who subjected

00:53her to brutal torture, but Sibyl refused to break, surviving until the end of the war.

00:59However, the health effects sustained during her ordeal led to her eventual death in 1948.

01:06She was buried at the Church of St. Michael's Cemetery in Ipoh.

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