Too often, we place forgiveness and anger on opposite sides, as if they’re in competition. The truth is more complex.

If someone is mistreating you, anger might be a form of protection for you. After all, the message you are giving is that you are strong, you understand that you are being treated unfairly, and you ...

Think of someone who has hurt you and ask God for the strength to forgive that person, Pope Francis told the crowd gathered in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday. Speaking from a window of the Vatican’s ...

According to Nicholls-Germain, forgiveness has a critical role to play in the conflict resolution process and the restoration of healthy relationships. Beyond that, learning to forgive can have ...

Forgiveness was something I first encountered in the dark silence of a Catholic confessional as a child. I still remember the heavy wooden booth, the tiny grate that slid open with a reverberating ...

A recent act of forgiveness in the face of tragedy made national headlines. Erika Kirk’s bold witness in publicly forgiving her husband Charlie’s assassin prompted people to consider, “What does ...

What's helped most is understanding that forgiveness doesn't mean accepting ongoing behavior that doesn't work for you. You can forgive someone for something and still set a boundary about it.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. Researchers also found that the refusal to forgive a partner for their mistakes ...

Some who spoke in federal court on Tuesday about being victimized in the Roman Catholic archdiocese of New Orleans’s enduring child molestation saga had forgiven. Others had not. None had forgotten, ...