Indian missionary finds joy of Christ in Muslim-majority Malaysia
Father Ravindra learned Bahasa Malayu, Iban and Mandarin to communicate and celebrate Mass
Father Ravindra Babu makes the sign of the cross with ash on parishioners during Ash Wednesday Mass in St. Edmund Catholic Church in Limbang, Sarawak state, on Feb. 17. (Photo: St. Edmund Church)
His missionary experience at St. Edmund Catholic Church in Limbang, a town in Sarawak state in Malaysian Borneo, has left an indelible mark on the life of Father Christu Kolabathina, better known as Ravindra Babu.
The Indian priest from St. Joseph Missionary Society of Mill Hill (popularly known as Mill Hill Missionaries) has served as the assistant pastor of a parish in Miri Diocese since September 2018.