There are things I’ve come to believe about forgiveness, after years of pastoral work and my own stumbling attempts at it, ...

The Catechism of the Council of Trent was published during the Counter-Reformation, a turbulent time for the Church. A central reason for publishing this enduring work was to equip pastors to instruct ...

“Resentment is like drinking poison — and expecting the other person to die.” — Paula Bloom It is not necessarily what happens to us but our reaction to what happens that may cause us the most harm.

In recent weeks I have received a couple of different queries about how and why one should forgive. One reader wrote asking if he should forgive those who had so seriously hurt him in his workplace, ...

Children’s sermons can be times for cuteness or for expressions of theological realism. Here is a story of such realism. Our parish’s intern was reinforcing the theme of the day’s lectionary lesson.