In his Easter sermon on Saturday, Pastor Rick Warren of Saddleback Church in Southern California stressed that God sent Jesus to show mercy to everybody, and shared three examples of how that applies ...

When was the last time you needed God’s mercy? People the world over, believers and non-believers, fall on their knees seeking God’s mercy. Some people plead for mercy in sorrowful voices. Other ...

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 ...

Pope John Paul II recalled several highlights from his Aug. 16–19 trip to Poland during his general audience on Aug. 21 at his summer residence at Castel Gandolfo. They included the consecration of ...

“Grace, mercy, and peace to you” is a greeting that appears a number of times in the New Testament. The selection of these words may seem random at first. Upon closer examination one may see that they ...

Theology teacher Sheila Rave asked her freshman students at Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School to define “mercy,” and discovered it was an elusive concept to many. Besides now knowing the word’s ...

He mentioned him again in the book-length interview “The Name of God is Mercy” and again in February 2016 in the homily he pronounced at the mass with Capuchin friars in St. Peter’s Basilica. When he ...

Tomorrow, the Holy Father opens the Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basilica and the universal Church officially begins the Jubilee Year of Mercy. Non-Catholics -- and some Catholics, too -- might wonder how ...