Huruma (kutoka neno la Kiarabu) ina maana ya wema ulio tayari kusaidia na kusamehe. Sifa hiyo kwanza ni wa "Mungu" kadiri ya dini mbalimbali, zikiwemo Uyahudi, Ukristo na Uislamu. Katika karne ya 20, iliyojaa ukatili wa vita vingi, sifa hiyo imezingatiwa zaidi katika ibada kwa Huruma ya Mungu. Kutokana na imani hiyo, binadamu pia anapaswa kuwa na huruma na kutekeleza matendo ya huruma ya kiroho na ya kimwili. Hata katika jamii, huruma inahitajika katika mahusiano yoyote pamoja na haki. Yesu alitangaza (Math 5:7), "Heri wenye huruma, maana hao watapata huruma" (kutoka kwa Mungu). Mara nyingi Liturujia inamlilia Mungu awe na huruma. Forgiveness, mercy, and clemency by Austin Sarat, Nasser Hussain 2006 ISBN 0-8047-5333-4 pages 1-5 Reflections of equality by Christoph Menke 2006 ISBN 0-8047-4474-2 page 193 After the exile by John Barton, David James Reimer 1997 ISBN 978-0-86554-524-3 page 90 Mercies Remembered by Matthew R Mauriello 2011 ISBN 1-61215-005-5 page 149-160 World religions and Islam: a critical study, Part 1 by Hamid Naseem Rafiabadi, 2003 Sarup and Sons Publishers ISBN 81-7625-414-2 page 211 Butler's lives of the saints: the third millennium by Paul Burns, Alban Butler 2001 ISBN 978-0-86012-383-5 page 252 Saints of the Jubilee by Tim Drake 2002 ISBN 978-1-4033-1009-5 pages 85-95 Vatican website: Dives in misericordia We Believe in the Holy Spirit by Andrew Apostoli 2002 ISBN 1-931709-31-9 pages 105-107 Vatican website Catechism item 2447 Hooker, Richard (July 14, 1999).