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COMPATHY
A sense of compassion among people who experience in common the same sorrow or affliction. It is a with-each-other sharing of spiritual pain.
All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.
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