forgiveness
Family members showed Dylann Roof mercy. Why can’t prosecutors?
By Shane Claiborne — May 26, 2016
(RNS) Can we, as a nation, do better than killing those who kill in order to show that killing is wrong?
Christians forgive murderers even after mass shootings (COMMENTARY)
By Rob Schwarzwalder — December 7, 2015
(RNS) There is a striking facet of the recent tragedies that shines brightly amidst their grim darkness: The witness of Christians who, in the face of evil, have displayed the love of their savior and the forgiveness he alone can bring.
Pope Francis asks priests to forgive the sin of abortion
By Rosie Scammell — September 1, 2015
VATICAN CITY (RNS) A person who has confessed “with a sincere heart” and is repentant cannot be denied forgiveness, the pope said.
3 religions, 3 approaches to forgiveness in the aftermath of evil
By Lauren Markoe — June 25, 2015
(RNS) The forgiveness in Charleston and Boston has startled and moved people. But it has also provoked skeptics who wonder why -- in the face of little, late or no remorse -- victims have pronounced these violent young men "forgiven."
What does it take to forgive someone like Dylann Roof? (COMMENTARY)
By Jonathan Merritt — June 22, 2015
(RNS) How does one muster the courage, the conviction, the moral fiber to grant such a gift to someone who has already taken so much?
Tending the soil of the soul to keep the weeds away (COMMENTARY)
By Will Berkovitz — October 9, 2014
(RNS) As a not-so-famous blue-collar sage once told me: “Selfishness and entitlement are such fast-growing weeds.”
Forgiving God on Yom Kippur (COMMENTARY)
By Will Berkovitz — October 3, 2014
(RNS) I believe in the great and small miracles that surround us every day. And I believe God is present everywhere if we only look. But that does not absolve God. I am demanding God take responsibility. I demand an accounting.
Desmond Tutu’s four steps to forgiving others: An RNS interview
By Jonathan Merritt — August 25, 2014
The Nobel prize winner offers advice on how to heal the heart after being hurt.
ANALYSIS: Pope Francis’ outreach to atheists not as controversial as it seems
By David Gibson — September 12, 2013
(RNS) Worried observers could have mistaken Pope Francis' pastoral gesture to atheists as an effort to dilute the gospel rather than what he really intended -- an evangelical outreach intended to bring nonbelievers closer to Christ.
In Assisi, seeking love and forgiveness in the shadow of St. Francis
By Charles Honey — October 1, 2012
ASSISI, Italy (RNS) Swimming against a global tide of religious violence and political polarization, about 550 religious and humanitarian leaders met recently here in the birthplace of St. Francis to propose a new way forward: love and forgiveness. By Charles Honey.
Chuck Colson’s memorial steeped in prison themes
By Adelle M. Banks — May 16, 2012
WASHINGTON (RNS) Prison Fellowship founder and former Nixon aide Chuck Colson was memorialized Wednesday (May 16) at Washington National Cathedral in a service steeped in Scripture and prayers about prison and redemption. By Adelle M. Banks.
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