Suffering, faith and humanity: Pope speaks out

Thursday, December 7th, 2017

Suffering is an essential ingredient of our faith and humanity.

One who doesn’t suffer with suffering brothers . . . must question himself on the sincerity of his faith and of his humanity, Pope Francis says.

His comments were made in the context of the Rohingya minority, who are persecuted in Myanmar. Read more

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