From dancing to adoration, pilgrims flocked to the mercy congress' Missionary Festival in the Piazza Navona in the historic center of Rome on Satursday evening.
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Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, Archbishop of Krakow, following a brief talk he gave Saturday morning at the Basilica of St. John Lateran.
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At Satursday evenings Missionary Festival, mercy congress pilgrims from around the world danced and sang until it was time for Eucharistic Adoration.
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The Missional Festival lit up the famous Piazza Navona in the historic center of Rome.
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Entertainers from the Philippines keep Divine Mercy at the center of their performance during Saturday evening's Missionary Festival, which closed out Day 4 of the mercy congress..
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"Like John Paul II, we all have to show mercy. You show it with your life, in the small, everyday things. He carried the cross, and he smiled. That's mercy," says Antonella Laurenza of Rome, who's been keeping the memory Pope John Paul II close to her heart as she celebrates the Day 4 of the mercy congress.
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During the Missionary Festival, Marie Romagnano, RN, the founder of Healthcare Professionals for Divine Mercy, tells about the powerful affect the message of Divine Mercy is having in the healthcare field.
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"It means faith," says Maria Pia of Italy, enjoying the music during the Missionary Festival in the Piazza Navona.
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Hands big and small wave to the music at the close-out of Day 4 of the World Apostolic Congress on Mercy.
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The world is turning with trust to God's mercy, as the many national flags attest at Satursday evening's Missionary Festival.
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It was by the grace of God that these pilgrims from Colombia made it to Rome for the mercy congress, they said. On Day 4, they wear their mercy on their sleaves in the streets of Rome.
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