An injured boy stands amid rubble outside his home in 2014 after airstrikes in Aleppo, Syria. Strikes have not stopped, two years later. (CNS photo / Ali Mustafa, EPA)
by GSR Staff
August 17, 2016
"Mercy, unlike pity, is not simply a passive experience; it is an active virtue. The merciful one will seek first to relieve misery but will not stop there. The causes need to be addressed, and the person supported in the struggle to attain fullness of life."
- Sr. Mary Aquin O’Neill, from Mercy: The fifth cardinal virtue? published on Global Sisters Report