Forgiveness frees people to be their true selves, with the residue of past guilt no longer holding them fast.
Ask Father Tom: How often must I forgive?
Ash Wednesday: Repentance as response to redemption
The reporter persisted, “Then just one quick question. I’m Catholic, too, and I thought we couldn’t have funeral Masses for convicted killers.” I looked at her and told her that her information was wrong. Then I added, “Redemption — we either believe in it or we don’t. I do believe in it.”
Effie Caldarola: Make 2020 a year of forgiveness
Forgiveness as a deep spiritual practice that does not stand in the way of a continuing pursuit of justice.
Dallas’ Bishop Burns says forgiveness in court was act of Christian love
A Dallas bishop said that the public forgiveness offered by the brother of a murder victim toward the person who killed him was “an incredible example of Christian love.”
Forgiveness turns evil into good, pope tells Catholics in Geneva
At the end of a day dedicated to celebrating 70 years of an ecumenical fellowship forged by the World Council of Churches, Pope Francis turned to the region’s Catholics, reminding them of what lies at the heart of the faith.
More than 1,000 Catholics ask church to seek pardon for role in conflict
Ahead of the papal trip to Columbia, some Catholics called for soul-searching, saying the church, on too many occasions, persecuted people for holding unpopular political opinions and placed itself at the right hand of power, rather than alongside the poor and the oppressed.
Battle with alcoholism teaches couple that forgiveness is ‘greatest act of mercy’
Setting foot in the warm comfort of Joe and Lori Leis’ rural home near Princeton, the casual observer would never guess the trials the loving, hospitable […]
Letting God’s mercy fall on us and throughout the world
God pardons all our faults, our weaknesses, our struggles. Shouldn’t we also do the same for others?