Cardinal William Goh urged the public to be generous and compassionate towards migrants, whose labor has contributed to building Singapore into what it is today.
“Creation belongs to everyone, not just a selected group of people,” he said, encouraging Catholics to share the blessing they receive and to focus more intentionally on the last, the lost, and the least.
In a report by CatholicNews SG, the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of Singapore, the prelate called on the faithful to live out the Gospel and become the “face of Christ” to others.
“If we want to change the world, we need to first change ourselves,” he said.
Cardinal Goh made the statement during the observance of the 110th World Day of Migrants and Refugees at the Church of Saint Mary of the Angels last month.
Over 1,400 migrants, collaborators, guests, and the local community gathered in an event organized by the Archdiocesan Commission for the Pastoral Care of Migrants & Itinerant People.
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