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 ...

'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 ...

Sunday, April 27, is the Second Sunday of Easter; Sunday of Divine Mercy. Mass readings: Acts 5:12-16; Psalm 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24; Revelation 1:9-11a, 12-13, 17-19; John 20:19-31. The Risen Lord ...

The Philippines will make history this year on April 27, Divine Mercy Sunday, by becoming the first nation in the world to consecrate itself entirely to Jesus through divine mercy. In 2016 at the ...

Rivera was among the estimated 16,000 pilgrims who ventured from around the world to the outdoor shrine at Eden Hill in Stockbridge for Divine Mercy Sunday, a feast day for Catholics to recognize the ...

The universal Church on April 27 celebrated the feast of the Divine Mercy. The feast, granted to the Church by Pope St John Paul II in 2000, is celebrated on the second Sunday of Easter ...

(WWLP) – Every year on the second Sunday of Easter, Catholics are called to confess, take part in holy communion, and pray at the ‘Chapel of the Divine Mercy’. Saint Michael’s Cathedral in ...

Mercy -- the cornerstone of Pope Francis' teaching and ministry -- must guide the Catholic Church through its period of ...

But on Sunday, with at least 10,000 additional people likely to ... The event held annually since 1941 (except in 2020 during the pandemic) is at the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy, the home of ...

Speaking during an April 27 Mass in St. Peter’s Square, Parolin noted that it was Divine Mercy Sunday, and that mercy was a central guiding principle throughout Francis’s papacy.