Sept. 25 was one of those spectacular autumn days in New York. The heat of the summer had faded away, and a brilliant, blue, cloudless sky greeted the world. At about 1 p.m., I walked out the door of ...

‘Rediscover the heart of Christ, the Lord’s mercy,’ the Holy Father said April 24. ‘He … offers us heartwarming signs of his mercy. He comforts us in the same way he did in today’s Gospel.’ Pope ...

As we continue to walk through Ordinary Time, the Church draws from the Sacred Scriptures and repeatedly gives testimony to the immense love God has for each of us. Through the sacred narrative of the ...

Every chapter of the Holy Quran, except one, starts with the pronouncement, “With the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful.” The Arabic expressions for Gracious (Rahman) and Merciful (Rahim) both ...

As the Catholic Church's Year of Mercy came to a close, a gathering of Nigerians took the time to reflect on God's mercy and prayed to be more merciful towards others in their lives. "All who are ...

Archbishop Rino Fisichella, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelization, raises the Book of the Gospels as he celebrates Mass in the presence of Pope Francis on the feast of ...

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 ...

We’re created in God’s image, but what does that mean?  Why do many feel embarrassed about themselves? Why are we at such pains to cover our nakedness?   There’s a reason.  Shame is a temptation that ...

“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 ...