Dec. 25—My favorite part of Christmas Day is long after the presents are unwrapped, long after the gleeful cheers of youngsters oohing and aahing over each gift. I love when all the wrapping paper's ...

If I may, I address you as Father rather than Your Holiness because when you were cardinal you asked your flock to call you Father rather than Your Eminence. What a beautiful symbol that word can be!

It can be a pretty stiff test of character to not only forgive but also to ask for forgiveness. There's pain, there's suffering, there's challenge. In fact, at times, it seems an impossible task.

How to describe the dawn of a new year? It’s a fresh start, a clean slate, a breath of air, a new leaf, a virgin blanket of ...

“Often, some people go on for years, carrying around a grudge so heavy that it causes them to stumble spiritually.” fizkes Getty Images/iStockphoto Today, my musing is about forgiveness, and how we ...

Forgiveness is an important action that can lead to a place of greater healing and peace. Forgiving, and letting go of anger and resentment, has even shown to benefit a person’s physical health.

I saw him do it. I heard her say. What they did is so wrong, I can never forgive them. What they think is so irrational, I can’t be around them anymore. We identify a reason not to love someone. We ...

Once many years ago when I was meditating, I saw how every place of tension in my body was a place where I was holding something. Ultimately, I was holding something against myself since it was a part ...

Editor’s Note: Howard Kurtz is the host of CNN’s “Reliable Sources” and is Newsweek’s Washington bureau chief. He is also a contributor to the website Daily Download. In his anguished, rambling and ...

Forgiveness is an important action that can lead to a place of greater healing and peace. Forgiving, and letting go of anger and resentment, has even shown to benefit a person’s physical health.