Some works of art include text markings: perhaps the IHS trigram, perhaps the name of a saint. But if a work needs to be labelled with a thematic slogan, it's probably not great art.
This year of mercy: People are acting like Francis invented the idea. Didn't we just have a year of mercy by a pope that brought us the Sunday of Divine Mercy and canonised the Saint of Divine Mercy? And another thing. The phrase "accompany them" was used first by JPII as well, in his writings.
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