Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's not always easy, but these scriptures will inspire you. Let’s face it: Forgiving others (and yourself) is sometimes easier ...

Most people have spiritual baggage, whether a carry-on or a tractor-trailer full. The Rev. Cindy Brommer said that forgiveness is a great way to lighten that load. “If we don’t forgive others, it ...

The gospel reading for many of us this past Sunday was Matthew 18:21-35, which begins with Peter asking Jesus, “Lord, if my brother sins against me how often must I forgive? As many as seven times?” ...

Excerpted from “Seven Last Words” by the Rev. James Martin, SJ, published February 2016 by HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Book Publishers, hardcover, RRP $18.99. As they led him away, they ...

Not long before she died in 1988, in a moment of surprising candor in television, Marghanita Laski, one of our best-known secular humanists and novelists, said, “What I envy most about you Christians ...

Throughout the centuries, Jesus’ teaching on forgiveness has been difficult for Christians to live out. To forgive as God forgives might appear intuitively correct, but the sheer difficulty of doing ...

This letter is the answer to the person who wrote and asked "Will the Rev. Jerry Lee DePoy II go to heaven or hell? This is my answer to that question. I do not know the Rev. Jerry Lee DePoy II or any ...

According to the “Catechism of the Catholic Church,” confession involves either “venial” (minor sins) which are confessed to God and “mortal” (major sins) which must be confessed through a priest.