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Some 7,000 people from around the world — church officials, clergy, religious, delegates, and many thousands of lay people, all of whom share a love for Divine Mercy — are attending the congress. Above, the plenary sessions get underway on Friday at the Basilica of St. John Lateran.

Basilica Buoys Mercy Gathering

Congress and Cathedral Perfect Match of Topic and Setting By Dan Valenti (Apr 5, 2008) The World Mercy Congress plenary sessions are being held at St. John Lateran Basilica. To…

Bishop Hilarion Alfeyev of Austria, a leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, added an ecumenical dimension to Friday's plenary session at the World Congress on Mercy in Rome. He shared a teaching on his church's understanding of God's limitless mercy, mercy that extends even for the redemption of those in hell (Orthodox theology teaches that Purgation occurs in the broader understanding of hell).

The Congress Catches Fire!

Russian Orthodox Bishop: God's Mercy is immeasurable love of the Father; Cardinal Schonborn Agrees By Dan Valenti (Apr 6, 2008) ROME How far can the mercy of God extend? Is…

Saint Faustina’s ‘Remarkable Solution’

What Happens When Divine Mercy and Psychotherapy Meet? Consider this: Christ told the great prophet of Divine Mercy, St. Maria Faustina, in one of a series of revelations in the…

Love at Its Deepest Level

Cardinal Barbarin Addresses the Urgency of Intereligious Dialogue By Dan Valenti (Apr 3, 2008) ROME Since the first strategic planning session of the World Mercy Congress began, ecumenism and interreligious…

With the world watching, Pope Benedict echoed the words of Pope John Paul II and urged the world to trust in Jesus live the message of Divine Mercy.

The Congress Convenes!

By Felix Carroll (Apr 3, 2008) If there was any confusion at all about the focus of the World Apostolic Congress on Mercy, Pope Benedict XVI quickly dispelled it during…