Across East Asia, few figures are as recognizable — and revered — as Guanyin, or the Goddess of Mercy. In Disney+'s American Born Chinese, adapted from Gene Luen Yang's graphic novel of the same name, ...

If your experience has been similar to mine, you may recall that when you were incorporated into the life of Christ and the life of the church through the sacraments of initiation, you were called a ...

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 ...

As we continue to walk through Ordinary Time, the Church draws from the Sacred Scriptures and repeatedly gives testimony to the immense love God has for each of us. Through the sacred narrative of the ...

I'm sure none of us have failed to notice that Pope Francis has been trying to give us a different impression of our church, of the Catholic community, the people of faith following Jesus. He has ...

“We (can) do acts of mercy, opening our hearts to reach everyone with the works of mercy, which are the merciful inheritance that God the Father has had with us,” the Holy Father said Jan. 27. Blessed ...

An Advent reading for December 21. As we journey through the events surrounding the Nativity, we contemplate the Incarnation. Jesus—the Mighty God, the Prince of Peace, the Light of the World—became ...

We’re created in God’s image, but what does that mean?  Why do many feel embarrassed about themselves? Why are we at such pains to cover our nakedness?   There’s a reason.  Shame is a temptation that ...

The Year of Mercy comes to an end just as Americans are setting our tables for our traditional harvest feast. Thanksgiving is a secular holiday, but the coincidence is pleasant. It sets a nice bookend ...

Cambridge, MA. Ironically, sadly, just when Donald Trump wants to close the door on Muslims, Pope Francis was opening the holy door in St. Peter’s Basilica, insisting that divine mercy is never a ...