He is all powerful and he invites us to pray to Him.
He loves us so much that He sent His only Son to die for us.
Click HERE
to read what St Paul said in Athens about God
Click HERE for the Catholic Encyclopedia's philosophical treatment
Why then does He allow such terrible things to happen, both by natural events such as earthquakes and by wicked people?
The first answer is that we are
not His puppets.
A fuller attempt at the question
can be found here.
But anyone who does not find
this question a problem is simply not human.