The First Papal Television Q & A

Above, some excerpts, and following, some reports and transcripts — In historic TV Q&A, Pope Benedict speaks about suffering, comatose persons, persecution and In TV appearance, pope answers questions about faith, suffering, war. Below, the first question, from "from a 7-year-old Japanese girl who lost friends in the recent earthquake and tsunami and who asked: 'Why do I have to be so afraid? Why do children have to be so sad? I'm asking the pope, who speaks with God, to explain it to me'" (in Italian):