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From Haiti to the Holocaust to 9\/11, and at all times of extreme human suffering, cataclysm, and catastrophe, people have asked questions about the role of God and his purposes. Watch excerpts from some of our recent interviews about Haiti with Rev. Reginald Jean-Mary of Notre Dame d’Haiti in Miami, Rev. Matthew Harrison of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod World Relief and Human Care, Rev. Joanem Floreal of Shalom Community United Methodist Church in Miami, and Rev. Caleb Deliard, also of Miami, as well as interviews from our archive with Rabbi Irving Greenberg on the Holocaust and with Rabbi Harold Kushner and Rev. Lloyd Prator on 9\/11.<\/p>\n

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From Haiti to the Holocaust to 9\/11, and at all times of extreme human suffering, cataclysm, and catastrophe, people have asked questions about the role of God and his purposes. 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