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Pope Francis is presented an image of the Divine Mercy by members of the John Paul II Foundation, April 25, 2015. Credit: L'Osservatore Romano. Vatican City, May 8, 2015 / 06:02 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- In tune with his knack for making history, Pope Francis' Year for Mercy will include things no other jubilee has: worldwide “missionaries of mercy,” and “holy doors” in every diocese for pilgrims to walk through.      “For the first time in the history of the Jubilee tradition, there will be an opportunity for individual dioceses to open a Holy Door – the Door of Mercy,”...

The Jurisdiction of the Bull Quo Primum By Rev. Fr. Raymond Dulac This article was first published in the Supplement to Itineraires No. 162, and is taken in part from Pope Paul’s New Mass by Michael Davies, pp.571-580, which is available from ANGELUS PRESS This final statement leads us to a question which affects each and every legislative disposition of the Bull: to what extent can a Pope bind his successors? This is a great and delicate question, which will be limited in this instance to the case under discussion. It is obviously not a question of the Pope as...