Sunday, April 11, is Divine Mercy Sunday. Mass Readings: Acts 4:32-35; Psalm 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24; 1 John 5:1-6; John 20:19-31. Happy Divine Mercy Sunday, everyone! The Second Sunday of Easter was ...

One of the most powerful Psalms to pray when we might be feeling abandoned by God is the “Great Hallel,” so called because it is an extraordinary hymn of praise for all God has done repeatedly to care ...

The 40 days of this year's Lenten season started this past week, on Ash Wednesday, as faithful Christians all over the world began the spiritual commemoration of the 40 days that Jesus spent in the ...

During his weekly audience, given today before thousands of faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Benedict XVI spoke of the mercy of God, and His accessibility to mankind through creation. He ...

Pope Francis gives the homily as he celebrates morning Mass in the chapel of his residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae, at the Vatican Feb. 28, 2019. In his homily, the pope said that God’s wrath is ...

"Mercy is God's identity card. God of Mercy, merciful God. For me, this really is the Lord's identity." When asked by Tornielli why humanity is in such great need mercy, Francis simply answered: ...

God, have mercy on me! God of Love, God of Grace, God of Mercy, have mercy on me for the things I have done and for what I have left undone. Have mercy on me. I pray for God’s mercy in the morning, in ...

Should Christians who uphold the Bible as the word of God have to choose between love of God and love of the queer people in their lives? While the answer may seem obvious to most readers of this ...

I was there when the doors were open. In Rome on that cold, rainy morning of Dec. 8, 2015, when thousands of us witnessed the official beginning of a Jubilee Year of Mercy, ushered in by Pope Francis.

I'm sure none of us have failed to notice that Pope Francis has been trying to give us a different impression of our church, of the Catholic community, the people of faith following Jesus. He has ...

Mercy is what holiness looks like in the lives of God’s children. I hate to admit it, but vindictiveness comes easily to me. Recently, I was online for less than two minutes before I found myself ...