When it comes to understanding suffering, as well as death, the first thing that must be mentioned is that they are a result of original sin. St. Paul tells us, “For the wages of sin is death ...

Stalin’s famous quote, “a single death is a tragedy; a million deaths are a statistic,” speaks to how Americans have become immune to death and suffering. History speaks to this with our ...

and provided my wife and me with the perspective to cope with pain and loss in our own lives (we have buried two children). Suffering comes within a context in which I am certain of God’s ...