Pope Benedict claims that our worlds, both “first” and “third,” are in a crisis diagnosed as “the inability of Joy” and caused by another crisis, “the inability to love.” Is Pope Benedict claiming that parents no longer love their children, or children their parents? Or that friends no longer care...

In Today’s first reading, we see King David repentance, “I have sinned against the Lord”, and God’s forgiveness (2 Sam 12:13). David committed two sins, adultery and murder, which separated him from God, but his repentance restored the relationship. Not every sin separates a person from God, but every sin, by its...