{"id":38034,"date":"2025-06-14T08:38:35","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T08:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=38034"},"modified":"2025-06-14T08:38:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T08:38:35","slug":"cardinal-goh-pope-leo-xiv-is-the-right-person-to-bring-unity-balance-to-the-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/cardinal-goh-pope-leo-xiv-is-the-right-person-to-bring-unity-balance-to-the-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardinal Goh: Pope Leo XIV is the \u2018right person\u2019 to bring unity, balance to the Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 100%; margin-bottom: 25px;\">\n  <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/images\/screenshot-2025-05-20-at-10.59.33-am.png?ssl=1\" style=\"display: block; margin: auto; max-width: 100%\" \/><br \/>\n  <span style=\"text-align: right; font-style: italic;\">Cardinal William Goh speaks to EWTN News Vice President Matthew Bunson in Rome on Monday, April 19, 2025. \/ Credit: EWTN News<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>Vatican City, May 20, 2025 \/ 11:20 am (CNA).<\/p>\n<p>Singapore\u2019s Cardinal William Goh believes Pope Leo XIV will build a greater unity within the Church, particularly for Catholic faithful often divided on matters of Church doctrine and morality.<\/p>\n<p>Calling the new pontiff a \u201cgift of God\u201d in an interview with EWTN News Vice President Matthew Bunson, Goh said the Holy Father is the \u201cright person\u201d to lead the Church toward synodality and explain the balance between \u201corthodoxy and being progressive.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"width:100%\" class=\"mx-auto embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ljyu7OptgoQ?feature=oembed\" class=\"embed-responsive-item null\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"null\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\u201cBeing traditional is not wrong [and] going back to the orthodoxy of the Church is not wrong,\u201d he said. \u201cBut, at the same time, we are not just asking our Church to be too legalistic about our moral doctrines in terms of practice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Describing the new pontiff as an active listener who is \u201cvery attentive to the concerns and sharings of the cardinals,\u201d Goh said the Holy Father\u2019s desire for unity is evident in both his words and actions since his May 8 election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe that, so far, based on his speeches, he is putting into practice the call to synodality,\u201d he said. \u201cIn his meeting with the cardinals, he spoke to us in a very personal way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe that there will be greater collaboration and greater dialogue so that we can truly bring about a greater unity in the Church,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on issues that were \u201cdividing the Church\u201d during Pope Francis\u2019 pontificate such as \u201cambiguity\u201d in some teachings outlined in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/dam\/francesco\/pdf\/apost_exhortations\/documents\/papa-francesco_esortazione-ap_20160319_amoris-laetitia_en.pdf\" target=\"null\" class=\"null\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><em>Amoris Laetitia<\/em><\/a> and the synodal process, the Asian cardinal said he hopes Pope Leo XIV will bring clarity, and less confusion, to discussions on Catholic teaching.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI keep on emphasizing that we cannot talk about synodality without unity in doctrines, without unity in faith,\u201d he told Bunson.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnity that is built on superficial love can never be real unity,\u201d he continued. \u201cUnity must be founded on truth that is expressed in charity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With the continual growth of the Church in both Asia and Africa, Goh said many Catholic faithful are converts who do not want to compromise their newfound religion.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are people who have strong faith in the Lord and we want to walk in the way of the Gospel,\u201d Singapore\u2019s first and so far only cardinal said in the interview. \u201cIn fact, we gave up the old faith in order to exchange it for the true faith.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to walk the way of the truth and follow the Gospel and what the Church taught us,\u201d he stressed. \u201cThat is what is guiding us and our people in Asia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the Holy Father\u2019s ability to be a good listener, Goh noted the pope\u2019s ability to speak several languages has been an advantage for those wanting to discuss with him the pastoral challenges the Church faces in different parts of the world before and after the recent conclave.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe good thing about Pope Leo is that he speaks English because very often many of the Asian cardinals don\u2019t speak Italian so well,\u201d he said. \u201cSo we want to communicate and to share our views with the Holy Father but it\u2019s a bit difficult because of the language.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think once you know English, Spanish, and Italian, you can cover at least two-thirds of the globe, right?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/264219\/cardinal-goh-pope-leo-xiv-is-the-right-person-to-bring-unity-balance-to-the-church\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/264219\/cardinal-goh-pope-leo-xiv-is-the-right-person-to-bring-unity-balance-to-the-church<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cardinal William Goh speaks to EWTN News Vice President Matthew Bunson in Rome on Monday, April 19, 2025. \/ Credit: EWTN News Vatican City, May 20, 2025 \/ 11:20 am (CNA). Singapore\u2019s Cardinal William Goh believes Pope Leo XIV will build a greater unity within the Church, particularly for Catholic faithful often divided on matters [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":50460,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-38034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Cardinal-Goh-Pope-Leo-XIV-is-the-%E2%80%98right-person-to-bring-unity-balance-to-the-Church.webp?fit=800%2C427&quality=75&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":38880,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/pope-leo-xiv-biography-launches-in-rome-book-available-now-from-ewtn\/","url_meta":{"origin":38034,"position":0},"title":"Pope Leo XIV biography launches in Rome; book available now from EWTN","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"mayo 24, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cLeo XIV: Portrait of the First American Pope,\u201d written by Matthew Bunson, vice president and editorial director at EWTN News. \/ Credit: Daniel Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez\/CNA CNA Staff, May 23, 2025 \/ 17:14 pm (CNA). 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