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How Pope St. John Paul II Rescued the Once-Banned Divine Mercy Devotion

Did you know the Divine Mercy devotion as we know it today was suppressed for many years? Here’s how Saint John Paul II saved it.

The Editors at ChurchPop

You probably already know about the devotion to Divine Mercy in the Catholic Church.

Divine Mercy images can be seen in churches around the world. The Chaplet of Divine Mercy is very popular, and Divine Mercy Sunday is an official feast day of the Church. The founder of the devotion, Saint Faustina Kowalska, is even honored as a saint.

But it wasn’t always this way. In fact, the whole devotion was suppressed for many years and almost lost for good. It only came back due to prayer, perseverance, and the hand of Divine Providence. This is the amazing story.

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St. Michael’s Center for Spiritual Renewal St. Jemma Project

The St. Gemma Project Corner (for young adults 18-30)

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Fr David Andrew Fisher, African-American Maronite academic, dead at 67

The longtime academic, writer, and seminary professor was educated in Rome and transferred to the historic Eastern Catholic church in the 1990s.

Fr David Andrew Fisher, a veteran Black Catholic priest of the Maronite Church and longtime university professor, has died in Pennsylvania. He was 67 years old and no cause of death was released.

Bishop Abdallah Elias Zaidan, who heads the Maronite Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles, announced the news in a letter to the priests of the eparchy on March 30, three days after Fisher’s passing.

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Meet the Black Catholics joining the 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage

Cheyenne Johnson, a returnee who will help lead this year’s route, will be joined by Marcel Ferrer on the six-week journey along the East Coast.

By Nate Tinner-Williams | Black Catholic Messenger

The 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage will set off across the East Coast this spring, once again comprising young adult Catholics from around the country carrying prayers, praise, and the Blessed Sacrament over a six-week trek.

The annual pilgrimage, sponsored by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops as an outworking of its National Eucharistic Revival, is now in its third year and has the theme “One Nation Under God,” honoring the United States’ 250th anniversary.