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Pope: God makes the offering of our suffering fruitful.

Benedict XVI: "Do not feel foreign to the destiny of the world, but see yourselves as precious pieces of a beautiful mosaic that God, as a great artist, is forming day by day."In Turin, Benedict XVI also met with the sick from the Little House of Divine Providence, those whom society tends to marginalize, as if they wanted to conceal human suffering.To the sick there present and all those who suffer, the Pontiff recalled how "offering our pain to God through Christ, we can share in the victory of good over evil, because God makes our offering, our act of love, fruitful."The Pope praised the life and work of St. Giuseppe Cottolengo, who he said "was an authentic champion of charity." He understood, the ...