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Daniel_Cheung
06-23-2009, 11:07 PM
Pope Affirms God's Power to Remove Suffering
http://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=96184

Benedict XVI is affirming that suffering cannot be understood on a human level, but requires faith in God, who alone has the power to remove it.

The Pope said this today in a meeting with directors, employees and patients at the hospital established by Padre Pio, the Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, the "Home to Relieve Suffering."

The Pontiff is spending the day in San Giovanni Rotondo where St. Pio of Pietrelcina, popularly known as Padre Pio, is buried....