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Cardinal William Goh expresses his appreciation for the closeness and care that Pope Francis showed the people of Singapore, and invites the universal Church to learn from the experiential faith of Asian Catholics.Singapore’s Church and civil leaders vow to bolster faith dialogue
The Pope's visit has been inspiring, not just to people in Singapore, but I think his key messages have been consistent, which is the need to reach out to the whole of humanity. Although we are just a small country, a tiny nation, and the Pope has even made himself present, not just to big nations or nations that are going through difficulties or when Catholics are minority in such big countries, but he even cares for Singapore. For us, we are very appreciative that he has made himself truly the shepherd for all, regardless of the size of the nations, regardless of the people.
His visit will certainly inspire not just our Catholics, but I'm sure there are many Catholics or many non-Catholics who are on the sidelines. Many of them actually attended the mission schools, the Catholic schools. The seed of faith has already been sowed in the younger years. Many of them perhaps they are still trying to find faith in their life.
He is saying and teaching us something that if people are truly open, and especially governments that are suspicious of the Catholic Church, I think by hearing his messages and recognizing that the Church is truly an ambassador of Christ's mercy and love, and we are here to help the people to grow, and it is about the common good, then I think they will become less suspicious and more open to religion and faith.
For us, encountering God is not something reducible to a celebrable experience. Encountering God is encountering God with your heart. That is why Asians tend to be religious people, all Asians. There is religiosity in all the people of different faiths. And for us, God is real because we encounter Him.
That is why the apostles, although they were so different, different temperaments, different status, all of them love Jesus. All of them have encountered the love of Jesus, and so they are able to unite together. That is why in Asia, we have different cultural expressions of our faith, whether it's statues, whether it's dance, whether in the different ways of devotion, they've got a lot of popular piety.
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