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ARCHBISHOP CHAPUT: THE BOSTON BOMBINGS AND THEIR AFTERMATH

 

 Weekly Column (Friday, April 19, 2013)

 

Violence and grief in the Boston area have rightly dominated our news media for the past week. The latest terrorist bloodshed is not at all senseless. It\’s the work of calculated malice. Innocent people, including children, have paid the price for other people\’s hatred. Our most important task right now is to pray for the victims and their families. God exists, and God can heal even the worst suffering, despite every human attempt to ignore him and every terrible sin that seems to \”disprove\” his presence. And yet it\’s fair to ask: How can a good God allow this kind of evil to happen?

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