"In a real sense the local parish and church should be the extended family for our children where they continue to feel they belong and are accepted and loved. To this end I would propose that we make our church environments child-friendly rather than child proof them as so often happens. Children are not simply to be tolerated as a necessary evil, they must be made positively welcome. Children must feel they own the church as much as we do."
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- Very Rev. Cornelius SIM, Prefect, Apostolic Prefecture of Brunei-Darussalem (7 April 1998) Press Office of the Holy See
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Cornelius Sim
Cornelius Sim (16 September 1951 – 29 May 2021) was a prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Vicar Apostolic of Brunei from 2004 until his death.
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