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 forgiveness actually mean and entail?”
In the face of tragedy, how can people forgive those who caused it? How do we as Catholics respond? How can people who have endured tragedy forgive those responsible?
Ask Jennifer Hubbard, who has faced the worst. She and husband Matthew’s 6-year-old daughter, Catherine, died in 2012 in the Sandy Hook School mass shooting.
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