Priest discusses “geopolitics of mercy”

Tom Naatz | Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Traveling to the corners of the world, Pope Francis has exemplified a “diplomacy of mercy,” Fr. Antonio Spadaro, the editor-in-chief of the Jesuit journal “La Civilta Cattolica,” said. “For Pope Francis, mercy isn’t an abstract construct,” Spadaro said. “It is the action of God in the world.” Spadaro delivered the Terrence R. Keeley Vatican Lecture on Tuesday at