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Malaysia presents a microcosm of the Catholic Church and Asia where diversity of cultures and religions offer Catholics and people of faiths opportunities and challenges of pluralistic society for progress together, said"It is the pluralism of cultures and ethnic groups that makes Malaysia a 'miniature Asia.' The coexistence of different components allows the Catholic community to experience the interaction of differences that takes place in diversity," said Cardinal Sebastian.
Ethnic Malays make up about 60 percent of Malaysia’s estimated 34 million people, according to official statistics. About 24 percent are Chinese, 7 percent are Indians and 10 percent are indigenous non-Malay communities most based on the Malaysian side of Borneo Island.. In various parts of the country, the Church holds liturgy in four official languages – Bahasa Malay, English, Chinese, and Indian Tamil, he said.
A lack of priestly and religious vocations is filled by missionary religious orders mainly from France, Ireland, and Italy.
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