SEATTLE – After a holy hour of adoration on Divine Mercy Sunday, Archbishop Paul D. Etienne emerged from St. James Cathedral into the sunny Seattle afternoon, where he blessed the archdiocese with the Blessed Sacrament “in this time of great need.”

SEATTLE – To celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday, Archbishop Paul D. Etienne and his auxiliary bishops will pray the chaplet of Divine Mercy during a Holy Hour of Adoration before the Blessed Sacrament at St. James Cathedral April 19.

BALTIMORE – Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori, supreme chaplain of the Knights of Columbus, will celebrate a special livestreamed Mass for Divine Mercy Sunday at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore.

Brandon and Lauren Sheard left academia for agriculture and the Catholic Church

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis asked Catholic dioceses around the world to set up a permanent memorial of the Year of Mercy by establishing a hospital, home for the aged or school in an under-served area.

Jesus appeared to Sister Faustina to impart messages meant for the world even as he helped her with the smallest of tasks

VATICAN CITY
By Cindy Wooden

Just over five weeks before the canonizations of Blesseds John XXIII and John Paul II, Rome hotels are reporting they are almost fully booked and the Vatican has confirmed the Mass will take place in St. Peter's Square, despite knowing that hundreds of thousands of people will have to watch the ceremony on large video screens.