Rad govori o milosrđu kao važnom pojmu i stvarnosti kršćanske vjere polazeći posebno od misli pape Benedikta XI. I pape Franje. Uvodno se tumači sam pojam milosrđa s naglaskom na milosrđu shvaćenom u povijesti spasenja sadržanoj u Svetom pismu. Tu se predstavlja važnost milosrđa u pape Ivana XXIII. Upravo je on dao veliki zamah u promišljanju i ponovnom otkrivanju značenja milosrđa za život Crkve i za današnje društvo uopće. Naglasak na milosrđu i usmjerenost Crkve prema siromasima imao je veliki značaj za razvoj Drugoga vatikanskoga koncila. Na tom tragu papa Benedikt XVI. i papa Franjo s dokumentima koje su izdali za vrijeme svog pontifikata, ali i po načinu shvaćanja i propovijedanja Božjeg milosrđa, dali su sasvim originalan doprinos shvaćanju i življenju milosrđa. Iako imaju različit pristup, cilj im je bio i ostao isti, a to je Božja ljubav koja se očituje u iskazivanju milosrđa prema nama. ; The paper focuses on mercy as an important concept and reality of the Christian faith, starting especially from the thoughts of Pope Benedict XI and Pope Francis. In the introduction, the very concept of mercy is interpreted with an emphasis on mercy understood in the history of salvation contained in the Holy Scriptures. The importance of mercy in Pope John XXIII is presented here. He gave great impetus to considering and rediscovering the meaning of mercy for the life of the Church and today's society in general. The emphasis on mercy and the orientation of the Church towards the poor had great significance for the development of the Second Vatican Council. On this trail, Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis made a completely original contribution to the understanding and living of mercy with the documents they issued during their pontificate, but also with the way of understanding and preaching God's mercy. Although they have a different approach, their goal was and remains the same, i.e. God's love which manifests itself in showing mercy to us.