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Beyond Belief: Mercy

14/03/2016

Mercy

BBC Radio 4 - Beyond Belief, Mercy

Ernie Rea and guests discuss the nature of mercy.

Pope Francis has declared 2016 a "Holy Year of Mercy" and described it as "a privileged moment, so that the church may learn to choose only that which pleases God most"; that is forgiveness and mercy. What exactly do we mean by mercy? Why has the Pope singled it out as the virtue we need the most to build a better society? If it is a central theme in the great religious traditions, how are we to apply it in everyday life? Ernie Rea and guests discuss the nature of mercy. 

Producer: Dan Tierney
Series producer: Amanda Hancox.

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