With the challenges and trials of life, the need for God's mercy and compassion becomes a beacon of hope that guides us through our darkest times. These divine qualities reflect God's willingness to ...

It is a very vivid memory. My younger brother and sister wrestling on the living floor until one pinned the other down, leaned into their face, and said, “Beg for mercy!” I remember a parishioner ...

Pope St. John Paul II once told George Weigel, author of Witness to Hope, that the problem with many previous biographers was that they tried “to understand me from outside. But I can only be ...

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 ...

“It is not easy to entrust oneself to God’s mercy, because it is an abyss beyond our comprehension. But we must! ... ‘Oh, I am a great sinner!’ ‘All the better! Go to Jesus: He likes you to tell him ...

VATICAN CITY — The mercy shown by God to his children can transform hearts and makes Christians become channels of that mercy to those in need, Pope Francis said. "In the midst of our own crises and ...

If the most essential frame for understanding Pope Francis is his pastoral sensibility, and it is, that frame also shapes both the contours and the content of his role as teacher. This role as teacher ...

Speaking to participants of the first World Congress on Divine Mercy who were at a Mass for the third anniversary of the death of Pope John Paul II today, the Holy Father explained that the mercy of ...

Grace does not sabotage the pursuit of righteousness but empowers it. In the now famous October courtroom scene, Brandt Jean turned to the former Dallas police officer convicted of killing his brother ...