Why is it so easy to hold a grudge—and so difficult to forgive?

Fr. Patrick and Fr. Joseph-Anthony discuss our culture’s tendency to divide people into “for us” or “against us,” whether in politics, on social media, or in our personal relationships. Looking to the extraordinary example of St. Maria Goretti, they explore why genuine forgiveness doesn’t minimize the hurt or pretend a wrong never happened. Instead, forgiveness confronts the reality of the wound while refusing to let resentment have the final word.

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