Divine Mercy Sunday is a beautiful day to celebrate, but the mercy message should be celebrated — and lived out — all 365 days a year. Dr. Brian Thatcher, a medical doctor, well remembers the first ...

In a previous column for America, I noted that the Beatitudes are about the needed internal growth of the Christian disciple to recognize the plight of the poor in spirit. Toward that end, the ...

Like the disciples, who experienced Jesus' divine mercy after the resurrection, all Christians are called to become missionaries, sharing the Gospel of God's love and mercy with others, Pope Francis ...

The Eucharistic Apostles of the Divine Mercy has come a long way since 1996, when Dr. Brian Thatcher gave up his medical practice to found it. Before that, he was a well-to-do physician whose ...

Notorious Chicago gang kingpin Larry Hoover has had “virtually no contact with the outside world” for more than two decades, his lawyers have said. They say the co-founder of the Gangster Disciples ...

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 ...

The risen Jesus appeared to the disciples on several occasions. He patiently soothed their troubled hearts. Risen himself, he now brings about “the resurrection of the disciples.” He raises their ...