Turning to Christ in these times is a healing consolation. The Jaminet family fosters their devotion to Divine Mercy with prayerful images and times of prayer. (photo: Courtesy of Emily Jaminet) ...

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 ...

Though it doesn’t get a lot of press, one of the more successful movements at the Catholic grassroots over the last several decades has been the phenomenal worldwide spread of devotion to the Divine ...

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.

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On May 5, 2000, only five days after the canonization of Saint Faustina, Saint Pope John Paul II decreed that the Second Sunday of Easter would be known as Divine Mercy Sunday. In 1931 while the world ...

The altar of Divine Mercy with the statue of St. Faustina in the Church of the Holy Spirit in Sassia, Rome. (Credit: Photo courtesy Vatican News.) Listen During the public ministry of Jesus Christ, he ...

For some, it was a dream. Others, a strong calling. And still others, a chance to give thanks and lift their intentions. Regardless of what drew people to Divine Mercy Sunday in Stockbridge, they all ...

Pope John Paul II, who takes one step closer to sainthood Sunday, held a special place in his heart for Divine Mercy Sunday. It was Pope John Paul II who, in 2000, named the Sunday after Easter each ...

The eighth psychological portrait I have to convey is that of Jesus. Uh, how does a believer properly share his impressions of the psychology of Jesus? This is matter for fear and awe. Well, I will ...