Asked to judge a woman "caught in the act of adultery," the Gospel of John says Jesus stooped and wrote something in the dust.

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 ...

People deserve more love from us than animals do, Pope Francis said this weekend: ‘How often do we see people greatly attached to cats, to dogs,’ but fail to ‘help their neighbor, their neighbor who ...

I was there when the doors were open. In Rome on that cold, rainy morning of Dec. 8, 2015, when thousands of us witnessed the official beginning of a Jubilee Year of Mercy, ushered in by Pope Francis.

Mercy is what holiness looks like in the lives of God’s children. I hate to admit it, but vindictiveness comes easily to me. Recently, I was online for less than two minutes before I found myself ...

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 ...

One of the central teachings of faith is the love of God. This can be in both context of the love for God or the love by God. God’s love is the umbrella that unites all of humankind beneath it because ...

(The Conversation) — Islamic views on abortion are based on diverse interpretations of what’s right and wrong when it comes to the body. This question really needs to be reframed, because it implies a ...

For those who have visited a nursing home or a medical care facility, you know what I mean when I refer to these places as difficult and uncomfortable. The sights and sounds are difficult for our ...

“Help me, O Lord, that my eyes may be merciful, so that I may never suspect or judge from appearances, but look for what is beautiful in my neighbors’ souls and come to their rescue” (Diary, No. 163).

VATICAN CITY — In his 2016 Lenten message, Pope Francis called the faithful to place special emphasis on the spiritual and corporal works of mercy this Lent, taking into account the current Jubilee ...

God, have mercy on me! God of Love, God of Grace, God of Mercy, have mercy on me for the things I have done and for what I have left undone. Have mercy on me. I pray for God’s mercy in the morning, in ...