Do not pass by those who suffer, Pope exhorts WYD crowd | SANCTE PATER

Do not pass by those who suffer, Pope exhorts WYD crowd | SANCTE PATER
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Catholic Culture) After praying the Stations of the Cross at World Youth Day on Friday evening, August 19, Pope Benedict XVI told the young participants to “be sure not to pass by on the other side in the face of human suffering, for it is here that God expects you to give of your very best: your capacity for love and compassion.”

“Christ’s passion urges us to take upon our own shoulders the sufferings of the world,” the Pope said, “in the certainty that God is not distant or far removed from man and his troubles.”...