TE15 Lithuanian Honey Cake

Irena Veisaitė & Aurimas Švedas

the duties of the living. I believe that, if my mother ’s torturer or murderer were standing in front of me and truly repenting for what he had done, I would definitely forgive him. It is probably impossible to forgive someone who has no regrets about their crimes. But to seek revenge on such a person is pointless . . . Remember how Pope John Paul II behaved with the Turkish man who attempted to kill him. 28 The Pope forgave him, but the man had to serve his sentence. _____

28 In 1981 Mehmet Ali Ağca attempted to kill Pope John Paul II in St. Peter’s Square.

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