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 ...

For the faithful worldwide, the gifts of Easter continue after the official remembrance of Jesus' resurrection. For Catholics around the world, Sunday, April 7, 2024, is known as Divine Mercy Sunday.

Not for nothing did Pope John Paul II make Sister Faustina Kowalska the first saint of the third millennium. For the simple Polish nun was not only a model of holiness and exemplary generosity, but ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (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 ...

The Divine Mercy Novena begins each Good Friday. Our Blessed Lord gave Sr. Faustina (for herself only initially) a Novena to His Mercy. She was to start it on Good Friday, that wonderful day when ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Catholic parish in southern Wisconsin suffered a graffiti attack overnight on Sunday that saw a large tiled display of the Divine Mercy image defaced with green spray-painted letters. Run by the ...

Editor's note: "Evolving Religious Life," a new series from Global Sisters Report, is exploring how Catholic sisters are adapting to the realities of congregations in transition and new forms of ...

As the U.S. prepares to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has encouraged Catholics to participate ...

“Help me, O Lord, that my eyes may be merciful, so that I may never suspect or judge from appearances, but look for what is beautiful in my neighbors’ souls and come to their rescue” (Diary, No. 163).