Posted on 04/19/2025 05:16 AM ()
As we celebrate Easter, Fr Luke Gregory, OFM, offers his thoughts on how the Resurrection of Jesus Christ reframes our understanding of despair, moving us from depths of sadness into the glorious life giving light of joy.
Posted on 04/19/2025 04:54 AM ()
As Easter approaches, there was some hope for hundreds of Russian and Ukrainian prisoners of war and scores of injured soldiers, with officials saying they are being exchanged on Saturday.
Posted on 04/19/2025 04:36 AM ()
As the Church prepares to celebrate Easter the Franciscan Custody of Holy Land urges Christians worldwide to contribute generously to the annual Good Friday Collection to help give hope to Christian communities in the war-ravaged region.
Posted on 04/19/2025 04:00 AM ()
The Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, Theophilos III, calls for reflection on the celebration of Easter 2025, which falls on the same day for Christians of East and West. He urges walking together also to achieve peace and security in the Holy Land. He writes, "a sound foundation has been laid but there is yet more to be done. We continue in this work confident in God's providence and renewed in the unconquered hope that is given to us in the Empty Tomb."
Posted on 04/19/2025 03:37 AM ()
The Custos of the Holy Land, Fr. Francesco Patton, invites the faithful to celebrate with great hope the resurrection of Jesus and to avoid being "crushed under the heavy stone of the circumstances in which we find ourselves living" that speak of wars, pandemics, earthquakes, economic crises, and disasters.
Posted on 04/19/2025 02:32 AM ()
The ongoing conflict in Gaza continues to claim lives, with Israeli airstrikes on Friday reportedly killing at least 45 Palestinians and injuring dozens more.
Posted on 04/19/2025 02:05 AM ()
In his Easter Vigil homily, Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Myanmar says that despite the nation's ongoing agony, they should take comfort and rejoice in the Lord accompanying their every step and seeing their every tear.
Posted on 04/19/2025 01:26 AM ()
The Vice President of the United States, who participated in the Passion Liturgy in the Vatican Good Friday evening with his family, meets with Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, and Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, and discuss together peace, religious freedom and migration.
Posted on 04/18/2025 23:04 PM ()
Some 10,000 stems of flowers from the Netherlands will once again line the steps in front of St. Peter’s Basilica for the Easter celebration—continuing an almost 40-year tradition.
Posted on 04/18/2025 07:18 AM ()
Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti presides over the solemn liturgy of the Lord's Passion on Good Friday in St. Peter's Basilica, as Pope Francis' delegate, and Fr. Roberto Pasolini, OFM Cap, the Preacher of the Pontifical Household, underscores in his sermon that 'Christ is the anchor of our hope.'
