Marina Cantacuzino is an award-winning British journalist who, in response to the imminent invasion of Iraq in 2003, embarked on a personal project collecting stories in words and portraits of people who had lived through violence, tragedy or injustice and sought forgiveness rather than revenge. As a result, Marina founded The Forgiveness Project, a UK charity that uses the real stories of victims and perpetrators to explore how ideas about forgiveness, reconciliation and restorative justice can be used to impact positively on people’s lives. She is also the creator of The F Word Podcast and author of three books on the topic of forgiveness, including Forgiveness: An Exploration, which was published by Simon & Schuster in 2022.
Marina joins Pádraig to talk about forgiveness, reconciliation, trauma, apology, and the power of a story. As always, a full transcript and discussion questions are available.