Pope Francis celebrated Mass in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta in the Vatican on Tuesday morning. In remarks to the faithful following the readings of the day, the Holy Father spoke on the season ...

Pope Francis blesses a prisoner as he visits the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility in Philadelphia during his 2015 trip to the United States. (Credit: CNS/Paul Haring.) Listen ROME — God forgives ...

Dear Rev. Graham: Whenever I ask God to forgive me, I try my best to think of everything I've done wrong so I can confess it. But what about the things I don't remember? Will God forgive them also? — ...

Forgiving someone is not always as easy as it sounds. Forgetting the reason to forgive, seems almost as impossible as, forgiving within itself. Some of the conflicts in our nation today, when voicing ...

One afternoon, two friends, I'll call Mary and Samantha, were talking on the telephone. Mary was telling her friend Samantha how each morning she prays and talks to God. "Does he talk back to you?" ...

DEAR DR. GRAHAM: How can I know if God has really forgiven me? I did something several years ago that was very wrong, and I've confessed it repeatedly to God and begged for His forgiveness, but I ...

Pope Francis said Sunday that God forgets sins absolved within the confessional. "How do you defeat evil? Accepting God's forgiveness … It happens every time we go to confession; there we receive the ...

Q: Dear Pastor, Why can’t the all-powerful God not forgive someone of their sins after they die? A:If you knew what you were asking, you would realize how your question crushes God’s heart. Why?

DEAR DR. GRAHAM: I'm convinced that I have committed the unforgivable sin. I'm too ashamed to even tell you what I've done, but I know there is no way God could ever forgive me. I thought I could get ...

God forgives sins so that joy, not sadness, can flourish once again in one's heart, Pope Francis said. "How do you conquer evil? By welcoming God's forgiveness and the forgiveness of one's brothers ...

Pope Francis said confession is not a judgment but a meeting with God who forgives all our sins, without exception. His words came during his homily at his morning Mass on Friday celebrated in the ...

Dear Rev. Graham: How can you ask God to forgive all your sins when you can't even remember all the bad things you've done, and therefore you can't confess them? I worry about this, because I'm sure I ...