"IAM the pope. AMA"
In an unprecedented move of media cooperation, pope Benedict XVI agreed to do a special Good Friday program for Italy’s Rai Uno TV network and answered viewer questions in one of their shows. But things weren’t as easy as he expected them to be.
The first question he received was from a 7-year-old Japanese girl, who asked:
I am very frightened because the house where I felt safe really shook a lot and many children my age have died. I cannot go to play in the park. I want to know: why do I have to be so afraid? Why do children have to be so sad?
To which the pope answered by saying:
I also have the same questions: why is it this way? Why do you have to suffer so much while others live in ease?
And we do not have the answers, but we know that Jesus suffered as you do, an innocent, and that the true God who is revealed in Jesus is by your side.
Which, minus the BS, translates to: I have no fucking idea, ask me something easier.
I honestly expected a better reply given that he’s the head of the Catholic church, but I’m not incredibly surprised that the problem of evil got the best of him.
