Meet Singapore’s 1st cardinal - Aleteia

This banker-turned-priest was only the second native Singaporean to head its only diocese and will now be the island-state's first cardinal.

Singapore, a tiny island-state at the tip of the Malay Peninsula, first received Catholicism in the 16th century from Portuguese merchants. The first priest of Singapore, who arrived in 1821, was fol… [+4125 chars]

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