Priest: Miners' rescue shows suffering is prelude to Resurrection

Submitted on October 20, 2010
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Miner Osman Araya hugged his wife after being hoisted to the surface in Copiapo, Chile, Oct. 13. Chile’s 33 trapped miners travelled nearly half a mile through solid rock in a shaft just wider than a man’s shoulders as their two-month ordeal after a cave-in came to an end.
Miner Osman Araya hugged his wife after being hoisted to the surface in Copiapo, Chile, Oct. 13. Chile’s 33 trapped miners travelled nearly half a mile through solid rock in a shaft just wider than a man’s shoulders as their two-month ordeal after a cave-in came to an end.
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SANTIAGO, Chile — Father Alejandro Castillo, the vicar general of the Diocese of Copiapo, Chile, recently remarked that the rescue of the 33 miners from the San Jose mine is a sign that "after the cross comes the Resurrection." "The Resurrection is present after a prolonged cross," Father Castillo told CNA last week, speaking in place of Bishop Gaspar Quintana. The bishop was busy meeting with miners at the Copiapo Hospital.

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