The Doctor of Mercy

2020 Catholic Press Association second place award in theology--history of theology, church fathers and mothers  In April 2015, Pope Francis named the Armenian poet and theologian St. Gregory of Narek (c. 945–1003) a Doctor of the Church. Though venerated for centuries by Catholic and Orthodox Armenians, Gregory is an obscure figure virtually unknown to the rest of the Church. Adding to the extraordinary nature of the pope’s declaration, Gregory has the distinction of being the only Catholi