Quamquam enim Paulus scribit in Epistula ad Romanos: “Scimus enim quod omnis creatura congemiscit et comparturit usque adhuc”,(3) et passim etiam animalia circa nos dolore laborare videmus, nihilominus, quod “doloris” nomine exprimitur, humanae naturae singulari ratione proprium esse videtur.
Even though Paul, in the Letter to the Romans, wrote that "the whole creation has been groaning in travail together until now"(3), even though man knows and is close to the sufferings of the animal world, nevertheless what we express by the word "suffering" seems to be particularly essential to the nature of man.vatican.va vatican.va