text: Mercy is not exactly another word for love. It implies accepting people even if they are in sin as the Catholic church and its discipline considers sin. It also creates a bridge to Islam, since every chapter of the Qu'ran opens with the Bismala,the proclamation of God's mercy. Interesting the Bismala has two words for mercy, one an unconditional mercy showered on all of creation, and the other a special mercy for those who actively respond to the first mercy and adhere to a narrow path of virtue. Now that Steve Bannon is starting a campaign against Pope Francis perhaps he could use this to claim that the Pope is secretly a Muslim.