It's not always easy, but these scriptures will inspire you. Let’s face it: Forgiving others (and yourself) is sometimes easier said than done. However, it doesn’t have to be. So the next time you ...

Following each of the 10 confessions and testimonies read aloud during the liturgy was a prayerful petition for forgiveness. On the eve of the second session of the Synod on Synodality, Pope Francis ...

Popular theology routinely enables powerful men to rehabilitate their public image after their misconduct goes public. This pattern applies especially to men known for their dedication to Jesus. The ...

I admit openly, as a first time contributor to this very important column, to being more than a little nervous about content. Nowadays it seems somewhat more important to be politically correct than ...

During his general audience May 19, the eve of the feast of the Ascension and the day following his 84th birthday, Pope John Paul II met with thousands of pilgrims who crowded together in St. Peter's ...

“Harboring unforgiveness is like drinking poison and hoping your enemy will die.” — Joyce Meyer This observation is especially true when we consider why people, including Christians, have such a hard ...

Jesus said, “As the Father has sent me, I am sending you . . . If you forgive anyone’s sins, their sins are forgiven!” (John 20:21-23) Let me start with a true story. I remember it like the day of ...

Being hurt by others is common and can be deeply painful. How we respond can affect our individual and collective well-being.

Quotations to stir heart and mind. Praying for forgiveness is a vivid reminder that God frees us from debilitating guilt and forgets our past. No sin is written with indelible ink. He that cannot ...

This is the first Sunday of Lent, a season in preparation for Easter when Christians often focus on sin and repentance. One of the things that’s most difficult to swallow about Christianity is the ...

Old Testament professor Gary Anderson explains how sin came to be seen as a debt rather than a weight—and how that shaped Christianity. In the version of the Lord’s Prayer that appears in the Gospel ...