#Forgiveness

Pardon of Assisi. Msgr. Sorrentino: “It can help tenderise hearts and rekindle friendly and fraternal relationships”

“I find it beautiful that St Francis’ fellow citizens should be the first to be offered the ‘pardon’ that the…

Egypt: Pope Tawadros on Holy Week and attack risks, “We are in the hands of the Lord. God is judge and the owner of life and death”

Sviatoslav Shevchuk (Ukraine): “Europe be united! Be yourself! Be Christian!”

“If Europe forgets its Christian roots it will have no more reason to affirm the dignity of the human person,…

Eastern Catholic Churches: Shevchuk (Ukraine), “true ecumenism requires the courage to forgive and ask for forgiveness”

Pope in Colombia: Mass at Cartagena, “building peace, speaking not with the tongue but with hands and works”

Pardon of Assisi: unconditional, unlimited love even to the “worst” of all men

As stated in St. Francis’ Letter to a Minister, the Pardon of Assisi embodies the proposal of unconditional, unlimited love…

Belgium: Belgian Bishops ask for forgiveness for “mixed-race” children snatched from their mothers during African colonization

Russia: mgr. Pezzi (archbishop of Moscow), Advent letter about forgiveness. “Leaving evil behind”

Paedophilia: when bishops ask forgiveness they open a window of justice and truth

First the French bishops, those of Switzerland followed suit. The bishops’ prayers and requests for forgiveness to the victims of…

Pope Francis: audience, be like the “good thief” who “was able to steal Heaven”. Jesus is “with the guilty”

Pope Francis: audience, “the Church is for everyone, the good and the bad”