Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin presided over the solemn Mass for Divine Mercy Sunday held in St. Peter’s Square, highlighting the need for the Church to follow in Pope Francis’ ...

VATICAN CITY — On Wednesday, Pope Francis said that in order to be more like Jesus, we must not be indifferent to others, but meet people where they are and show mercy to those in need, especially the ...

A Forestdale man is preparing to travel to the west African nation of Togo next week to work on board a hospital ship, where he will repair surgical instruments used in thousands of vital operations ...

Receiving God's mercy ignites in us the drive to become "instruments of mercy," especially to the weakest and the marginalized, Pope Francis said Saturday at a vigil for the feast of Divine Mercy.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Brenna Boespflug, a surgical nurse from Denver, departed for Congo Saturday on a scholarship-funded volunteer mission trip on the world’s largest non-governmental ...

“This is a time for the Church to rediscover the meaning of the mission entrusted to her by the Lord on the day of Easter: to be a sign and an instrument of the Father’s mercy”, Pope Francis said in ...

Vancouver (Agenzia Fides) - The devotion of Divine Mercy as family devotion in the 21st century, its meaning in the Catholic Church today and its role in the life and mission of the laity, are the ...

When was the last time you had a profound encounter with God’s mercy? The kind of encounter that radically reorients the way you see yourself, your relationships, and your faith. Now is your time.

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- In the war-torn African nation of Sierra Leone, doctors sometimes remove cataracts with scissor blades. Without surgical instruments that are properly maintained, it's sometimes ...

As I wandered around Krakow during World Youth Days in July, it wasn’t difficult to find Angèle Regnier among the crowds. She and her family were there, helping equip young people of all ages for ...

Pope Francis signs an apostolic letter, "Misericordia et Misera," (Mercy and Misery) after celebrating the closing Mass of the jubilee Year of Mercy in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Nov. 20. In ...

'Pope Francis was a shining witness of a Church that bends down with tenderness towards those who are wounded and heals with the balm of mercy,' he added. Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Parolin ...