The Holy Year of Mercy will be an opportunity to encourage Christians to meet people's "real needs" with concrete assistance, to experience a "true pilgrimage" on foot, and to send "missionaries of ...

The Divine Mercy Prayer is a special prayer in Christianity that is filled with love, hope, and trust in God's mercy. This prayer comes from the teachings of Saint Faustina Kowalska, a Polish nun who ...

The Register's Peter Jesserer Smith goes on a Year of Mercy pilgrimage, Oct. 7-15, to the Holy Land of Jordan. Peter Jesserer Smith Blogs October 8, 2016 Be “Merciful like the Father.” I had not done ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Francis pushed open the great bronze doors of St. Peter's Basilica on Tuesday to launch his Holy Year of Mercy, declaring that mercy trumps moralizing in his Catholic Church.

There is a rhythm woven into everything. It pulses in the rising and setting sun, the budding and falling of leaves, the birth and the letting go of each living thing. This rhythm — life, death and ...

As the U.S. prepares to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has encouraged Catholics to participate ...

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis pushed open the great bronze doors of St. Peter's Basilica on Tuesday to launch his Holy Year of Mercy, declaring that mercy trumps moralizing in his Catholic Church.

Pope Francis recites the Angelus prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter’s square at the Vatican, Sunday, June 27, 2021. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.) Listen ROME – Marking the ...

The feast of Divine Mercy is celebrated on the Second Sunday of Easter and is associated with the prayer of the Divine Mercy Chaplet, a pious practice revealed to the Polish St. Maria Faustina ...