--- title: Blog Posts – Church Life Journal | Pope Francis description: Pope Francis | --- Search [![churchlife](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/hubfs/Churchlife_Aug2016_Theme/Images/church-life-journal-white-horizontal-1.png)](http://churchlife.nd.edu/) - [Essays](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/essays) - [Articles](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles) - [Blog](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post) - [Contributors](http://churchlife.nd.edu/contributors/) All posts filed under: BLOG POSTS [![](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/6972811183_3c186425df_k.jpg)](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/2016/07/19/diagnosing-violence-a-response-to-christine-horner) ## [Diagnosing violence: A response to Christine Horner](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/2016/07/19/diagnosing-violence-a-response-to-christine-horner) Published by [Deborah Savage](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/author/deborah-savage) Dear Ms. Horner, Share - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [July 19, 2016](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/2016/07/19/diagnosing-violence-a-response-to-christine-horner) [Blog Posts](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/blog-post) / [Christine Horner](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/christine-horner) / [Eucharistic rite](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/eucharistic-rite) / [liturgy](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/liturgy) / [Mass for Millennials](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/mass-for-millennials) / [St Paul](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/st-paul) / [humility](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/humility) / [mercy](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/mercy) / [Pope Francis](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/pope-francis) / [violence](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/topic/violence) [![](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Vespers-homily-blog-image.jpg)](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/2016/04/25/christs-sacrifice-of-mercy) ## [Christ's Sacrifice of Mercy](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/2016/04/25/christs-sacrifice-of-mercy) Published by [Andrea Smith Shappell](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post/author/andrea-smith-shappell) > Jesus, because he remains forever, has a high priesthood which does not pass away. Therefore he is always able to save those who approach God through him, since he forever lives to make intercession for them. It is fitting that we should have such a high priest: holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, higher than the heavens. Unlike the other high priests, he has no need to offer sacri... 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The works of mercy on the road of the Jubilee.* Signed on the Feast of St. Francis (October 4, 2015), the message is subdivided into three subheadings. Parts two and three focus directly on mercy, reflecting respectively on God’s covenant with humanity: a history of mercy and on ... 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