Murphy Pakiam

Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam

Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam (6 December 1938 –) is a Malaysian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur.

Quotes

• We want to be a community that lives in dialogue and spreads peace throughout the nation. Certainly these episodes and the controversy surrounding the term "Allah" can have a negative impact on Christian-Muslim dialogue. It will take time and patience to overcome this impasse.
  • “Christians are praying and not responding to the provocations,” Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur tells Fides, following attacks on churches (9 January 2010)

• We hope and pray so that the political situation becomes clearer, to have better balance on behalf of the institutions on this delicate subject, in matters of faith and freedom of religious minorities.
  • The Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur: "On the word Allah, a politicized case: the term will continue to be used in liturgies" (14 October 2013)