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Erik Varden on suffering: God does not eliminate pain, he carries it with us.

The Bishop of Trondheim and writer Erik Varden offered at the Omnes Forum a reflection on human suffering from the Christian faith, stressing that the response of Christianity is not a theoretical explanation of pain, but the presence of God who assumes it and redeems it.

Editorial Staff Omnes

The World

Beyond emotions: learning how to live mercy

Bryan Lawrence Gonsalves

The Vatican

The Holy Shroud of Turin, on cell phones all over the world, with “Avvolti”.”

Editorial Staff Omnes

Magazine

Access the Omnes magazine January 2026

Gospel

The beloved son and the adopted sons. Feast of the Baptism of Christ

Vitus Ntube

The Vatican

Why Pope Leo XIV's First Extraordinary Consistory is so Important

Bryan Lawrence Gonsalves

Focus

The Vatican

15 thoughts on the restriction of human rights and freedoms denounced by the Pope

In a dense speech to the Diplomatic Corps, which we summarize in 15 points, Pope Leo XIV today denounced the “short-circuiting of human rights” in the world, against the freedoms of expression, conscience, religion, and the persecution and discrimination of Christians. And he firmly rejected the “so-called right to safe abortion”, surrogacy and euthanasia, in order to defend the family.

Francisco Otamendi

The Vatican

11 behind-the-scenes features of the first consistory of Pope Leo XIV

Focus

How to regulate AI by learning from the U.S.

Articles

A universe without God

Is God evident?

"Now I do believe there is a God...I think the evidence points to a creative intelligence almost entirely because of DNA research." -Antony Flew "God Exists". Juan Luis Lorda talks about the evidence that God exists.

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Joseph Gefaell

Maria Candela Temes

Antonio Moreno

Álvaro Gil Ruiz

Pope's teachings

Erik Varden on suffering: God does not eliminate pain, he carries it with us.

Beyond emotions: learning how to live mercy

The Holy Shroud of Turin, on cell phones all over the world, with “Avvolti”.”

The beloved son and the adopted sons. Feast of the Baptism of Christ

Cardinal Koovakad: “We must overcome hatred in the name of religion”.”

The behind-the-scenes of an ordination

Carlota and Santi, a marriage focused on doing God's will

Brazilian José Gabriel Silva Kafa: “truly loving the priesthood” for evangelization

Young people prioritize careers and travel over starting a family

Spain: Compensation to victims of abuse in the Church to be set by the State and paid by the Church

Why Pope Leo XIV's First Extraordinary Consistory is so Important

15 thoughts on the restriction of human rights and freedoms denounced by the Pope

11 behind-the-scenes features of the first consistory of Pope Leo XIV

How to regulate AI by learning from the U.S.

A universe without God

Is God evident?

Joseph Gefaell

Maria Candela Temes

Antonio Moreno

Álvaro Gil Ruiz

Pope's teachings

Is God evident?

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