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 ...

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 di ...

The season of Lent is a time for Christians to reflect on and practice the mercy of God toward others and not waste away sitting in judgment of others, Pope Francis said. Jesus' command to "be ...

The little Jewish boy was 7 years old. He lived in Holland with his family. It was May 1940. The Dutch army had just surrendered to the Germans and the Nazi occupation had begun. No one was safe now, ...

'Only those who truly love us can free us from this false view of love,' the Pope said. 'In the relationship with God, we have precisely this experience.' Using Rembrandt’s oil painting “Return of the ...

(RNS) — In his new book, Miles arrives at some surprising conclusions on the nature of God in the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament and the Quran. (RNS) — Ever since 9/11, Americans have been treated to ...

During the Exodus, as God led his covenant people to their homeland, God revealed himself to Moses with the words, "The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in ...

Q: I have been reading your and your now-heavenly pal Tommy's column for years. I look for it faithfully each Friday and am grateful that my paper, The Palm Beach Post, continues to carry it. My ...

The fountain of God’s mercy is always ready to flow into our hearts, but pride and stubbornness prohibit us from opening our hearts to it. In fleshing out this fact, Msgr. Peter Magee exposes many ...

With tears in their eyes, 250 Poles and Italians gathered at Rome’s railroad station to welcome a husky, crop-haired churchman. He was Auguste Cardinal Hlond, Archbishop of Gniezno and Poznan, Primate ...