Mercy

Christmas is the holiday of spiritual and material gifts, Romanian Orthodox Church Patriarch Daniel said in the sermon of the Holy Liturgy officiated at the Patriarchal Cathedral, on the occasion of the Birth of the Lord. "We see that these gifts which the Wise Men brought to Baby Jesus have awaken in the conscience of the Church our duty to bring gifts to God.

French pop duo "Madame Monsieur" hope a song inspired by the plight of a refugee baby plucked from a sinking boat in the Mediterranean will strike a chord at next week's Eurovision song contest.

That wretched, merciful, enduring, whiny Mother Nature saying, "Do not hurt me" is gone. Human beings have begun to wake up. From now on, there is a rowdy, menacing, totally new image of Mother Nature before us saying, "This place belongs to me. I will finish you off and pour myself a cup of tea afterwards." Yes, finally! We have deserved it!

On Monday, Pope Francis extended the power of Roman Catholic priests to forgive the “grave sin” of abortion, in what has been described by some as a “signature gesture” from the Catholic Church’s just-ended Jubilee Year of Mercy.

The power to forgive abortion was a right previously reserved only for bishops or special confessors.

A person named Cem Küçük wrote this in his column on Sept. 9 about me: "If we wanted to, we can crush you like a fly. We have been merciful to you up to this day and because of that you can still survive." 

British rock band Muse announced the release of a new album called "Drones" and a tour on March 11, keeping up with previous themes of science fiction and political unease.
      
Lead singer Matt Bellamy said the band's seventh studio album will be released on June 8, after months of hinting that new work was on the way.