Editor's note: "Evolving Religious Life," a new series from Global Sisters Report, is exploring how Catholic sisters are adapting to the realities of congregations in transition and new forms of ...

Mercy, mercy me / Oh, things ain’t what they used to be,” sang Marvin Gaye back in the 1970s. The song makes me reflect on the way aging can lead to ever more awareness of the flux and flow of life.

In his message for the day that will be celebrated in Nazareth during the Holy Year of Mercy, Francis noted that the wedding at Cana, with the merciful Jesus and the " the provident and prayerful ...

For the faithful worldwide, the gifts of Easter continue after the official remembrance of Jesus' resurrection. For Catholics around the world, Sunday, April 7, 2024, is known as Divine Mercy Sunday.

RE ‘IGNORING MERCY’ (letter, Aug. 10): I, too, am a follower of Jesus. And I am grieved when I read a letter by someone like the letter-writer, who tries to use Jesus for political purposes. I don’t ...

In his message for World Day of the Sick, which will be solemnly celebrated in the Holy Land to encourage dialogue with Jews and Muslims, Francis highlights Mary’s concern, in which “we see reflected ...

Faithful followers of Jesus do not listen to his teachings, examine his actions and debate mercy and empathy. They celebrate it. They bask in it! They know that if it were not for empathy, there would ...

The nine-day devotion, share with the world by St. Faustina Kowalska, will end on Divine Mercy Sunday, the Sunday after Easter. Archbishop Jan Pawłowski, a member of the Vatican's Secretariat of State ...

Sagar (Agenzia Fides) - "The size of the statue is a message that is intended to show the immensity of the mercy of Jesus": this is what the Bishop of Sagar, His Exc. Mgr. Anthony Chirayath explains ...

They urged that you join in praying the Divine Mercy Novena beginning this Good Friday or Pray it any time you'd like! The Divine Mercy novena prayers were given to St. Faustina through an apparition ...

The risen Jesus appeared to the disciples on several occasions. He patiently soothed their troubled hearts. Risen himself, he now brings about “the resurrection of the disciples.” He raises their ...