Cebu City, PHILIPPINES — On this Second Sunday or Octave Day of Easter, Catholics celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday. The day’s gospel tells of God’s mercy. The risen Jesus Christ appears to his apostles ...

This Sunday, April 12, 2026, is Divine Mercy Sunday, the Second Sunday of Easter – image courtesy of Pinterest.com. This Sunday, April 12, 2026, is Divine Mercy Sunday. The main point for the readings ...

What do a certain Polish nun and a certain Polish pope have in common? They both became saints, and they were both instrumental in the institution of Divine Mercy Sunday, which offers many graces to ...

How can anyone argue against Divine Mercy Sunday? Divine Mercy is hope wrapped up in a loving God, ever ready to embrace us and forgive even our gravest sins. Believing in God, but not in Divine Mercy ...

St. John Paul II's final Regina Caeli address connected the feast of Divine Mercy to the feast of the Annunciation, which in 2005 was moved to April 4. While many Catholics know that St. John Paul II ...

A coincidence of calendars this weekend presents for Catholics an uncommon occurrence, where Earth Day precedes Divine Mercy Sunday, an alignment of dates that has inspired some to use it as an ...

Mary Makuc will be one of an estimated 15,000 pilgrims expected to descend on the National Shrine of the Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, this weekend for the first in-person celebration of ...

The first Sunday after Easter is “Divine Mercy Sunday”. It’s new observance, since the devotion itself only dates from the 1930’s. (God’s mercy, of course, is much older. Eternal even.) You can learn ...

An image of Jesus of Divine Mercy is seen as Pope Francis celebrates Mass on the feast of Divine Mercy in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican April 3, 2016.(Credit: Paul Haring/CNS.) Listen It’s ...