Some Reasons for Suffering // Episode 250

Some Reasons for Suffering // Episode 250

Update: 2025-10-01
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Joseph Ratzinger, in a 2000 instruction from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, wrote on some of the reasons we suffer. Joseph goes over them, and adds a couple for good measure!

https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20001123_istruzione_en.html

As noted in the episode, knowing that there are reasons for suffering may not lessen the suffering, but it may help with understanding the meaning of the suffering.

Listen in to find out more!


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Some Reasons for Suffering // Episode 250

Some Reasons for Suffering // Episode 250

Joseph Gruber