Christian Living / Church / Fr Pierre Goldie / Society
by Fr Pierre Goldie · Published November 26, 2019 · Last modified November 25, 2019
There is a disturbing observation I have read: “Competition in a ‘free’ market has led to discrepancies in productivity, income and life chances between individuals, groups, and countries and continents that dwarf those...
Christian Living / Church / Fr Pierre Goldie
by Fr Pierre Goldie · Published November 5, 2019 · Last modified November 3, 2019
The mark of the beast in Revelation 13:16-17 referred to a certificate granted by the Roman authorities which permitted the holder to do business in the Roman Empire — provided they offered sacrifices to...
Christian Living / Church / Fr Pierre Goldie / God
by Fr Pierre Goldie · Published October 8, 2019 · Last modified October 7, 2019
Despite Yahweh’s admonitions on the consequences of Israel wanting a monarch, he allows them to anoint Saul as king (1 Samuel 8:10-22). Young women were required to work in the palace (as perfumers, cooks...
Church / Church Teaching / Fr Pierre Goldie / Poverty & Social Justice
by Fr Pierre Goldie · Published September 10, 2019
God has provided generously for our physical needs, as the Gospel of Matthew tells us (6:25-34). He is a provident God who has blessed us with resources and talents to “subdue” the earth (Gen...
Church / Fr Pierre Goldie / God
by Fr Pierre Goldie · Published August 13, 2019 · Last modified August 12, 2019
In the Book of Genesis we read: “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth and subdue it” (Genesis 2:28). Happily, we have obeyed the first command, to be fruitful and fill the earth (although not...
Church / Fr Pierre Goldie / Politics
by Fr Pierre Goldie · Published July 16, 2019 · Last modified July 15, 2019
I once preached that as God had incarnated himself into our world, so he wants to be incarnated into all aspects of our lives, including politics. There was a sharp silence, as if people...
Church / Church Teaching / Ethics & Human Dignity / Fr Pierre Goldie
by Fr Pierre Goldie · Published June 4, 2019 · Last modified June 3, 2019
The Catholic Church confidently sees itself as Mother and Teacher of all nations (Mater et Magister, 1961), a pillar and ground of truth. It communicates its social teachings in order to Christianise the conditions...
by Fr Pierre Goldie · Published April 16, 2019 · Last modified April 15, 2019
In 1993, Pope John Paul II set up a foundation to promote dialogue between Catholic Social Teaching (CST) and the social sciences, and to promote the Church’s social doctrine. The Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice...
by Fr Pierre Goldie · Published March 19, 2019 · Last modified March 17, 2019
By Fr Pierre Goldie – In my first column I concluded that we have excluded Christ from many key areas of society — including politics, business, education, entertainment, sport, science and other areas —...
Catholic Social Teaching / Fr Pierre Goldie
by Fr Pierre Goldie · Published January 23, 2019 · Last modified March 17, 2019
By Father Pierre Goldie – Pope Paul VI, in an encyclical on mission (1975), contends that the split between the Gospel and culture – real life — is one of the dramas of our...
Family / Fr Pierre Goldie / Letter of the Week
by Letters Editor · Published December 29, 2017 · Last modified December 21, 2017
Fr Pierre Goldie, Cape Town – Imagine Mrs Jones relating the life of Christ to her children in 2025 in the following way:
Christian Living / Fr Pierre Goldie / Sin in our Lives
by admin · Published August 28, 2016 · Last modified August 5, 2017
Sin has a serious effect on our inner happiness and sense of peace. Sin, a Three-fold Effect I have not specialised in the study of Moral Theology, so I wonder why I hear some...
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