RI's Bishop Tobin keeps faith and hope amid COVID challenges
“Why did God allow this to happen?” “Is God sending us a message?” “Is God punishing us in some way?” As he sat in a garden between the Cathedral of SS. Peter & Paul and the cathedral rectory on an afternoon a few days before Easter, Tobin acknowledged that even some of the most faithful cannot have helped but wonder if a greater and not necessarily benevolent power was involved. He does not believe that. Instead, the bishop — who turned 73 on Thursday — answers those questions with reminders of history, current events and one’s own day-to-day experiences. “I think the ...
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