Articles on this issue "suffering"
To Bishop Antonio José López Castillo, Archbishop of Barquisimeto His Holiness Benedict XVI, deeply saddened by the news of the tragic incidents at the Uribana Prison in Lara State, which …
read moreHere is the text of a catechesis given today by Archbishop Bashar Warda, archbishop of Erbil, Iraq, at the International Eucharistic Congress. * * * “Although the world of suffering exists ‘in …
read moreThe work of health care ministry is more than physically aiding the sick, it also seeks to provide answers about the meaning of life and suffering, says Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragán. The …
read moreBenedict XVI asks that scientific and technological progress always be accompanied by the promotion of fundamental values such as respect for life in all of its stages. The Pope recalled this …
read morePraying the Way of the Cross is one way to face the mystery of suffering, says the coordinator of the 2008 World Youth Day. This month's edition of ePilgrimage starts with a "Message of Hope" …
read moreHere is the Vatican translation of the address Benedict XVI delivered in Italian on Jan. 11 at his traditional new-year meeting with local civil officials. * * * ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS …
read moreNearly a year after the Dec. 26 tsunami, many of the hard-hit communities in Asia are still struggling to return to normality. A special report in the Dec. 8 issue of the Chronicle of …
read moreNearly a year after the Dec. 26 tsunami, many of the hard-hit communities in Asia are still struggling to return to normality. A special report in the Dec. 8 issue of the Chronicle of …
read moreHere is the address read on behalf of John Paul II before the midday Angelus, by Archbishop Leonardo Sandri, substitute of the Vatican Secretariat of State. Archbishop Sandri delivered the …
read morePrayer is an important preparation for living the salvific experience of suffering, says John Paul II. "Prayer illuminates the heart and makes it more disposed to accept suffering," the Pope …
read moreThe verifiable suffering of the human fetus poses serious reflections for doctors and researchers, and proves it is unscientific to treat "prenatal life as second-class," says a noted Italian …
read moreMel Gibson's movie "The Passion of the Christ" has faced a passionate, and varied, reception in German-speaking lands. The film was criticized in a joint statement from the Central Jewish …
read moreHere is John Paul II's Message for the 2004 World Day of Prayer for Vocations, which will be held this Sunday. * * * MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE JOHN PAUL II FOR THE 41st WORLD DAY OF PRAYER …
read moreThe suffering of Christ in the passion, and that of people today, were recalled in the Stations of the Cross at which John Paul II presided on Good Friday in Rome's Colosseum. The Pope, who …
read moreAlthough suffering in the Bible appears at times as "a scandal and a mystery," it is also a means of "revelation of God himself," a congress was told. The congress that gathered biblicists, …
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