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Pope Francis: Human History Marked by ‘Mysterious Evil’

THOMAS D. WILLIAMS, PH.D.15 May 2019

“There is an evil in our life, which is an indisputable presence,” Pope Francis told pilgrims Wednesday as he continued his reflections on the Lord’s Prayer.
“History books are the desolate catalog of how much our existence in this world has been an often-failed adventure,” the pope said on a drizzly morning in the Vatican’s Saint Peter’s Square. “There is a mysterious evil, which surely is not the work of God but that penetrates silently into the folds of history.”

“Silent like the snake that carries its poison silently,” he continued. “At times it seems to take over and on certain days its presence seems even clearer than that of God’s mercy.”

The pope’s reflections on evil stemmed from the petition found at the end of the Lord’s Prayer: “But deliver us from evil.”
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