A. Contrition, or sorrow for sin, is a hatred of sin and a true grief of the soul for having offended God, with a firm purpose of sinning no more. Q. 754. Give an example of how we should hate and ...

All of this full and good life was funded by an unapologetic conviction about the mercy of God at work in the gospel of Jesus ...

Torture was justified and often practised by the church. In what was described as an act of contrition on behalf of the church, Pope John Paul II last Sunday sought forgiveness for these sins.

O my God, I am heartly sorry for having offended you, and I detest all my sins, because I dread the loss of heaven and the pains of hell; but most of all because they offend you, my God, who are ...

Gopal Italia, Aam Aadmi Party leader, publicly flogged himself in Surat, Gujarat, as penance for failing to ensure justice for crime victims. Citing incidents under BJP rule, Italia sought to awaken ...

Wouldn’t it be good if, when those in government made a mess of things, they were quiet for a while, hid themselves somewhere and showed some contrition? Tony Blair should have done that after I ...

But some accused the WWF of a "lack of contrition" after the report's publication, and have demanded apologies and a change in how the charity is run. Last March, BuzzFeed published a series of ...