In this current series on major objections to Christianity, we now come to the second objection: “Why does God allow evil and suffering in the world?” If He’s so powerful and loving, then why doesn’t ...

Three major events are converging on Feb. 11 this year: the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, the World Day of the Sick, and the 40th anniversary of St. John Paul II’s apostolic letter Salvifici Doloris ...

Question: Death is the inevitable for all of us. How does God choose who suffers and who dies quickly? So many kind, wonderful, loving people suffer agonizing deaths, while others not so kind and ...

The earliest works in the Geelong exhibition include a layered charcoal drawing of Lewer’s childhood church. It was here he ...

I was visiting a historic church some years ago and picked up a short history of the congregation. I learned that its first sanctuary had burned to the ground on December 3, 1903. “No doubt, to train ...

The existence of evil and suffering in the world is a complex and far-reaching reality. Consequently, understanding God’s role in the existence of evil is critically important in helping us ultimately ...

A new study by the Pew Research Center found that few Americans blame God for suffering in the world. Instead, Americans are more likely to blame suffering on random chance, the actions of others, or ...

New research by Kurt Gray (assistant professor of psychology, University of Maryland) and colleagues indicates that suffering plays an important role in belief in God. In one study, participants read ...

As we go to press, vacationers are fleeing the Caribbean as Hurricane Dean rushes toward landfall. In Peru, there was no warning and no place to flee. A 7.9 intensity earthquake there killed 700 ...

If there is a God, why does He or She allow suffering? Good question! It is one with which all believers wrestle, and the short answer is that I do not know, at least not fully. The question is based ...