A cancer patient may also suffer a loss of faith.
But the price, he said, has been a loss of faith in authority figures.
This loss of faith goes far deeper among the young than the old.
The loss of faith can only be a good thing, and it can't come soon enough in Africa.
This can include a loss of faith in institutions like the police or courts.
There was a link, he found, between their loss of faith in the future and this dangerous giving up.
But our loss of faith in them has consequences beyond their industry.
The more serious the situation becomes, the greater the citizens' loss of faith in European institutions.
We wonder at the loss of faith in the democratic system.
For any priest, the loss of faith is a devastating process.