Catholic Social Teaching / Christian Living / Church / Economy / Environment / Ethics & Human Dignity / Fr Pierre Goldie
by Fr Pierre Goldie · Published February 18, 2020
In the name of profit at all cost, we see in the business world rather disquieting practices that effectively undermine basic human dignity. The World Health Organization reports a fall in tobacco consumption of...
Church / Economy / Fr Pierre Goldie / Jesus
by Fr Pierre Goldie · Published January 21, 2020 · Last modified January 20, 2020
Work was always the intention of our Creator, a mission to be co-creators with God in completing an unfinished world. We are told to “subdue the earth” (Gen 1:28), so that work should not...
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...
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