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Sybil Kathigasu, potentially Malaysia’s first saint, at age 30. Kathigasu was a devout Catholic who is remembered in Malaysia for protecting information and housing and nursing local members of the anti-Japanese resistance during WWII.

Cardinal calls for beatification, canonization of WWII heroine and nurse from Malaysia

Jul 4, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

Sybil Kathigasu is a heroine and lay martyr who protected information and housed and nursed local members of the anti-Japanese... Read more