By LiCAS.news
SINGAPORE – Cardinal William Goh offered candid reflections on love, faith, and the complexities of relationships during his third Heart-to-Heart dialogue this year.
The session, titled “When Love Gets Complicated,” drew about 80 participants — young singles, married couples, and divorcees — who sought guidance on questions surrounding intimacy before marriage, interfaith relationships, and life after divorce.
When asked by a young woman where a couple should “draw the line” in physical intimacy, Cardinal Goh responded, “If you cannot praise God with something you do, you know it’s a sin.”
He urged couples not to approach such matters “in a legalistic way,” but to discern whether their actions were rooted in genuine love or in lust.
“When there is lust, your love is not pure, and you need to purify it,” said Cardinal Goh. “Does the way you love someone bring glory to God, your families, and your friends? Does it build them up or destroy them?”
A participant in her 20s, whose boyfriend’s mother is a Taoist, shared her concern that the older woman was uncomfortable attending a church wedding or allowing future children to attend catechism.
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