I belong to a Mennonite-Catholic dialogue group which meets several times a year. Our assignment for this week’s meeting was a personal reflection on the Beatitudes, broadly, and then more ...

When St. John* XXIII opened the Second Vatican Council almost 54 years ago, he set the tone for that great gathering with these words: "Now the Bride of Christ wishes to use the medicine of mercy ...

Ordaining a Rome pastor and seminary spiritual director as an auxiliary bishop of Rome, Pope Francis pleaded with him to be merciful and to give short, clear homilies. Ordaining Bishop Angelo De ...

To be a true Christian means being forgiving, kind, humble, gentle, generous, merciful and very patient with one another, Pope Francis said in a morning homily. Priests must be especially merciful, he ...

In Vayikra 22:26-27 we read: An ox, lamb or goat, when it is born, shall be with its mother for seven days. From the eighth day and thereafter it may be favorably accepted as a sacrifice as a fire ...

One of the things that we are encouraged to learn and develop during this Lenten season is how to be merciful always. This we can gather from the gospel of St. Luke where we hear Christ telling his ...

Christ said it very clearly! We need to be merciful and forgiving of everyone since that trait or attitude would liken as to God our Father who wants us precisely to be like him. (cfr. Lk 6,37) We ...

Dear Sheikh, Jazakallahu Khair for all that you have dont to educate the Ummah. My question is as for me a teenager living if a kufr country like Canada. How can I be more merciful towards the ...

In a November post titled “Show Mercy Even if They Don’t Deserve It,” Alex Johannigman, at ThatCatholicJazz.com, wrote: “About four months ago, I concluded a life-changing year serving the poorest of ...