By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
As Catholics around the world celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes and the World Day of the Sick, Pope Benedict XVI said the most profound sickness a person can suffer is the absence of God.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
As Catholics around the world celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes and the World Day of the Sick, Pope Benedict XVI said the most profound sickness a person can suffer is the absence of God.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Pope Benedict XVI addressed the faithful before praying the Angelus yesterday on the meaning of suffering, saying we must not resort to practices such as euthanasia, but to bearing witness to Christ’s love which helps us face pain and agony in a human way.