Pope Francis’ “great spiritual teaching” was on the subject of mercy, the Rev. Patrick Mary Briscoe, editor of Our Sunday Visitor magazine, said Monday, telling Newsmax that he believes he will be remembered as the “Pope of mercy.”

“It was his emphasis from the very first moments of his papacy,” Briscoe said on “Wake Up America.” “Some of my own personal memories of Pope Francis are connected to this teaching, in fact, when I was in Krakow with millions of young people for World Youth Day in 2016, during the extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy.

“I say mercy because he had so much, so many efforts to reach out to all kinds of people, so that all kinds of people would know the mercy of God, the abundant love of God. So I firmly believe, I deeply believe, that’s a key part of Pope Francis’ legacy and what we’ll all be remembering him for.”

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