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

SALAMANCA – Peter Loth, a Holocaust survivor and public speaker, shared his story with many students on Wednesday at Salamanca High School, and had a dramatic effect on the audience. “As long as I am ...

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 ...

Is it easier to love than to forgive? Think about this question for a few seconds. It seems like loving someone comes more naturally than forgiving someone who has wronged us, even if it’s the person ...

In this Sunday’s first reading, the prophet Isaiah writes, “Our God is generous in forgiving. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord” (Is 55:7-8). We humans ...

After her mother’s health began failing last January, Jill Ebstein of Newton wrote an essay describing how Rosyne Gardenswartz’s completion of a Jewish studies program at age 81 taught her how “we are ...