When emotional pain strikes with devastating force, many people find themselves searching for something greater than human wisdom to provide comfort and healing. Throughout centuries, specific Bible ...

Speculating about the purpose of suffering is dangerous. Providing someone with too quick a response about its meaning does not respect the trauma of violence, especially violence suffered by the ...

In the Bible, Jesus never explains suffering, but he reaches out to those who are hurting, heals them and ultimately, on the cross, shares and redeems the suffering of all humanity, Pope Francis said.

In the first reading and the Gospel, we hear about the importance of service, which builds on themes from last Sunday’s readings. Today we are prompted to reflect on ways that we can serve one another ...

One of the great mysteries to believers and nonbelievers is that of evil and suffering. If there is a God who is omnipotent and omniscient, how can he tolerate evil, injustice and the suffering of the ...