GOD DEFENDS THOSE WHO TRUST IN HIM, SAYS POPE BENEDICT VATICAN CITY, Vatican, August 3 (CNA) - The Lord gives all those who trust and believe in him confidence and encouragement, even when they are faced with life's difficulties or their own inner burdens of discouragement, mediocrity and fatigue, said Pope Benedict XVI. The Pope, returning from his summer residence at Castel Gandolfo, commented on Psalm 124 during his catechism and general audience this morning in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican. "Psalm 124, one of the 'gradual psalms' traditionally recited during the pilgrimage to Mount Sion, proclaims that...