Pope John Paul II’s Salvifici Doloris 13&23

• • Pope John Paul II outlined the importance of suffering, evil, and how love is borne out of it in Salvifici Doloris (a document responding to human evil and suffering.)
• • Catholics believe love can arise from evil and suffering, and that love is an important part of human life.
• • The Catholic Church sees human suffering as a chance to follow Christ and believe it's a part of God’s plan.
• • SALVIFICI DOLORIS 13
  • 'Love is: also the fullest source of the answer to the question of the meaning of suffering. This answer has been given by God to man in the Cross of Jesus Christ.’
• SALVIFICI DOLORIS 23

  • ‘In such a concept, to suffer means to become particularly susceptible, particularly open to the working of the salvific powers of God, offered to humanity in Christ.’
• • Document aims to reconcile suffering and pain with the belief in a loving God.
• • Suffering is a trial, but through that trial that faith, hope and love continue.
  • Through suffering, an individual can find their own identity and their identity in Christ.