In 2000, on the occasion of the canonization of a Polish nun, Sister Faustina Kowalska, Pope St. John Paul II instituted Divine Mercy Sunday, thus opening the feast and devotion to the Universal ...

Mary Makuc will be one of an estimated 15,000 pilgrims expected to descend on the National Shrine of the Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, this weekend for the first in-person celebration of ...

St. Faustina recorded the words of Jesus encouraging us to spread the message and image of Divine Mercy to others. A fresco by Claudio Secchi depicting one of the Divine Mercy apparitions to St.

The Divine Mercy Prayer is a special prayer in Christianity that is filled with love, hope, and trust in God's mercy. This prayer comes from the teachings of Saint Faustina Kowalska, a Polish nun who ...

Everything in the Old Testament and the New Testament of the Holy Bible speak of God’s unfathomable love and mercy — His justice is His Mercy. On April 30, 2000, Pope John Paul II declared, during the ...

On April 30, 2000, the Church officially declared the Sunday after Easter to be “Divine Mercy Sunday,” an annual celebration of the mercy of God. The celebration usually centers around the image of ...

STOCKBRIDGE — For Kristen Stone, a pilgrimage to the National Shrine of the Divine Mercy served as a reminder: God's mercy is great, and his grace is all you need. Stone was visiting the shrine from ...

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 ...

For many centuries the Sunday after Easter was known as “Low Sunday” in contrast to the High Sunday of Easter. However, in recent years, this same Sunday has been given another name and another ...

STOCKBRIDGE — While working in law enforcement, Fernando Rivera fractured his foot, forcing him into a wheelchair — and retirement. Although he has now moved on to using crutches, his diabetes puts ...