It is my understanding that a key tenet of our faith, as prescribed in the New Testament, is forgiveness. Time and again Jesus reminds His disciples that although the laws of His Father are ...

Daniel Burke of Religion News Service has a story noting that Catholic participation in the sacrament of confession (or, as it's formally known, "reconciliation") has plummeted. He cites a ...

Dear Readers: I love this time of year. The bingeing of the holiday season has come to an end, and everyone is frantically trying to stick to New Year`s resolutions, having slipped only occasionally.

Nor is there any example in the Hebrew Bible of true human forgiveness: it is a uniquely divine trait. For this reason, when Joseph’s brothers ask him for forgiveness after years of estrangement at ...

The answer is that to forgive is divine. If God created an entire season based on forgiveness, we can find it in our hearts to do the same. It hurts, we are the victim here, ...