Response to evil + suffering

• • Forgiveness is at the heart of the Gospel message.
• • Jesus’ example shows Catholics should treat others with love, compassion, mercy and forgiveness.  
• • Jesus spoke about justice telling his followers about God’s punishment for wrongdoers in the next life
• • Catholics believe it's up to God to judge people and he'll forgive those who are truly sorry and want to change.
• • Any punishment should be to help the person to reform
• • Catholics believe they involved be creating a better, fairer society, where people don’t "need" to turn to crime.