Pope Francis visit to Singapore 2024 - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Sun, 25 Aug 2024 23:40:37 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Pope Francis visit to Singapore 2024 - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Mpox won't deter Malaysians from seeing pope in Singapore https://cathnews.co.nz/2024/08/26/mpox-wont-deter-malaysians-from-seeing-pope-in-singapore/ Mon, 26 Aug 2024 05:53:53 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=174945 Malaysians are determined to proceed with their travel plans to Singapore for the Papal visit in September despite the detection of pox cases on the island republic. "No matter what, I will go. There's no turning back," said Angeline Lee from Kuala Lumpur. The 52-year-old told UCA News that she is not dropping her plans Read more

Mpox won't deter Malaysians from seeing pope in Singapore... Read more]]> Malaysians are determined to proceed with their travel plans to Singapore for the Papal visit in September despite the detection of pox cases on the island republic.

"No matter what, I will go. There's no turning back," said Angeline Lee from Kuala Lumpur.

The 52-year-old told UCA News that she is not dropping her plans to go to Singapore but will take precautions, such as wearing a mask in public spaces and staying hydrated.

Singapore's health ministry said in a bulletin on Aug. 22 that "13 confirmed cases of mpox have been detected this year, all of which are of the less severe Clade II infections."

"There have been no mpox Clade I cases detected in Singapore to date," the ministry added.

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Mpox won't deter Malaysians from seeing pope in Singapore]]> 174945 Church warning over WhatsApp phishing scams related to Pope's Singapore visit https://cathnews.co.nz/2024/07/01/church-warning-over-whatsapp-phishing-scams-related-to-popes-singapore-visit/ Mon, 01 Jul 2024 05:55:07 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=172630 The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Singapore has reminded those keen on attending Pope Francis' mass in Singapore that WhatsApp or other instant messaging apps will not be used in general ticketing or balloting processes. A statement on its website on June 23 said it had received reports of Catholics having their WhatsApp accounts taken over Read more

Church warning over WhatsApp phishing scams related to Pope's Singapore visit... Read more]]> The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Singapore has reminded those keen on attending Pope Francis' mass in Singapore that WhatsApp or other instant messaging apps will not be used in general ticketing or balloting processes.

A statement on its website on June 23 said it had received reports of Catholics having their WhatsApp accounts taken over by scammers who claimed to be helping them with the papal mass ticket registration process.

Pope Francis will visit Singapore from Sept 11 to 13 and will celebrate mass on Sept 12.

More than 40,000 tickets will be available to the public in the online ballot, open to anyone in Singapore with a valid account on the myCatholicSG portal.

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