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"Lazy, tepid, sad": Pope Francis Explains How Desolation Can be Turned to Good

Oct 26, 2022

Pope Francis explained on Wednesday how times of spiritual desolation — described by St. Ignatius of Loyola as feelings of unquiet, temptation, sadness — can also help bring us closer to God.

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"Lazy, tepid, sad": Pope Francis Explains How Desolation Can be Turned to Good

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