Divine Mercy Sunday is a beautiful day to celebrate, but the mercy message should be celebrated — and lived out — all 365 days a year. Dr. Brian Thatcher, a medical doctor, well remembers the first ...

Like the disciples, who experienced Jesus' divine mercy after the resurrection, all Christians are called to become missionaries, sharing the Gospel of God's love and mercy with others, Pope Francis ...

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 Eucharistic Apostles of the Divine Mercy has come a long way since 1996, when Dr. Brian Thatcher gave up his medical practice to found it. Before that, he was a well-to-do physician whose ...

In a previous column for America, I noted that the Beatitudes are about the needed internal growth of the Christian disciple to recognize the plight of the poor in spirit. Toward that end, the ...

Mercy. What are we asking for when we ask for God's mercy? Because we use the word during the penitential rite in our Eucharist, we often think of the plea for mercy as a petition for forgiveness, but ...

Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop Robert E. Barron addresses the 2015 World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia Sept. 22, 2015. (Credit: CNS photo/Jeffrey Bruno.) Listen SANTA BARBARA, California — Most ...

Reflecting a popular theme in Edo art, Kano Kazunobu's (1816-63) paintings depict the lives and deeds of the Buddhist legendary 500 disciples. On view is a selection from his series of 100 paintings ...