When a wound has entered a relationship, silence, distance, or the demand to “move on” have sometimes seemed like quick solutions. The event “Love Hurts: And Yet We Forgive” has focused on that delicate moment when the bond has been damaged, and has posed a specific question: what does it mean to forgive when the hurt has been real and the conflict cannot be minimized?
The Francisco de Vitoria University (UFV) hosted the event “Love Hurts: And Yet We Forgive,” organized by the Institute of Forgiveness in collaboration with the John Henry Newman Institute. The talk was given by Agata Kasprzak, a professor in the Bachelor's Degree Psychology, to an audience of students interested in exploring emotional conflict and emotional harm in greater depth.
The discussion focused on a familiar moment in many relationships: the point at which a wound has strained the bond, leading to reactions such as silence, distance, or the demand to move on. The session thus explored what it means to forgive when the hurt is real and cannot be downplayed.
Kasprzak framed this issue in terms of a specific experience of connection. “We don’t expect love to hurt, and perhaps that is why few experiences unsettle us as much as the pain that comes through a meaningful connection,” he noted during his speech.
