WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the United States sifts through the wreckage wrought by the financial crisis, investigators are finding one thing sorely lacking: real soul searching. Wall Street's ...

The question is… why is contrition important? The simple answer is – this is what God desires from you. Through a Psalm of David, we learn, “My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken ...

Imperfect contrition, on the other hand, “is born of the consideration of sin’s ugliness or the fear of eternal damnation and the other penalties threatening the sinner.” ...

Contrition without reparation would feel empty or incomplete. Across the country, we see the manifestations of a lack of reparations in the pervasive inequality between Black and white people.

The Theater of Public Contrition in Cambodian Politics As July’s election approaches, a growing number of opposition officials are following the well-worn path into Prime Minister Hun Sen’s CPP.

Regret and apology often work, as do acts of contrition and humility. But a roman à clef in which the evil-doer comes out on top to the detriment of those he harmed would not make my list.