year of mercy
The quality of mercy
October 21, 2016
DERMOT ROANTREE :: Pope Francis's efforts to bring a neglected theme – in this case mercy – to bear on the life of the Church is fully in keeping with...
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Divining the future at GC36
October 7, 2016
John Guiney SJ says the last three days have been intense for the Jesuit delegates in Rome to elect their new leader
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A Lutheran take on mercy
May 5, 2016
Lutheran Amanda Berg endorses Pope Francis' message of mercy offers her own views on mercy and grace.
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‘Amoris Laetitia’ – putting the pastoral first
April 25, 2016
DERMOT ROANTREE :: The moral approach advocated in 'Amoris Laetitia' is about putting God's mercy first in all pastoral situations, not (as some have claimed) about accommodating the sexual revolution.
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Pope Francis on the family – a view from Rome
audio April 8, 2016
According to Dr Gerry Whelan SJ, the Pope's document on the family, Amoris Laetitia ('The Joy of Love'), is hugely significant – more than a superficial reading would let one...
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Be merciful, just as your father is merciful
March 23, 2016
GERRY CLARKE SJ :: Pope Francis has put it very simply: “The Church is not in the world to condemn, but to make possible an encounter with the visceral love...
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The Russian face of mercy
February 9, 2016
TOM CASEY SJ :: A reflection on the Russian face of mercy with the inspiration of poet Anna Akhmatova, on the eve of Francis, Bishop of Rome, meeting with Patriarch...
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Moyross Jesuit ‘mercy envoy’ for Pope
February 5, 2016
Moyross Parish Priest Fr Tony O’Riordan SJ is one of seven hundred priests from around the world chosen by Pope Francis to play a special role in the Holy Year...
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God’s abundant mercy
December 21, 2015
GAVIN T. MURPHY :: It is never too late to receive God’s unlimited forgiveness, no matter how wayward we have been. All it takes is an acknowledgement of our humanity,...
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The difference mercy makes
December 8, 2015
DERMOT ROANTREE :: It is the conservative critics of Pope Francis, not those who favoured the Kasper proposal at the recent Synod on the Family, who need to account for...
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