Sometimes the simplest answers are the right ones. Like Pope Francis’ humble admission in his January 18 meeting with youth at the University of Santo Tomas.

Asked by a 12-year-old girl why God allows little children to suffer, the Holy Father said he had no answer. Only that Jesus suffers with us, and that is perhaps as much comfort as our faith can offer believers in agony and tragedy.

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