Benedict XVI said, "“Each of us is the result of a thought of God. Each of us is willed. Each of us is loved. Each of us is necessary.” In other words, every one of us is created in the image and likeness of God. 

IMHO some folks don't go along with him on this. The image of God is not limited to the body, but also includes the whoe person, which by its nature is contnually on a journey of development. I read somewhere that while we are created in the image of God, on our journey we grow into God's likeness. Every one of us is a work in progress.

IMHO it must be a terrible burden of responsibility to know how everybody else has to live when we don't know their story or their journey. One thing I hope for myself this Lent is to come to a greater awareness that people are gifts from God, whether they live as I think they should or not. I am not smart enough to put limits on God's choices.