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Pope calls on world leaders to lay down their weapons
Pope Leo XIV delivered a passionate appeal for peace on Easter Sunday, declaring that the power of the risen Christ is “entirely nonviolent” and urging world leaders to lay down their weapons and choose dialogue over domination. Source: OSV News.
Church-goers urged to be instruments of peace
At Easter Sunday services across the country, worshippers have been urged to look for joy and hope, despite the “heaviness” of recent global events. Source: ABC News.
Political leaders say Easter a time of hope and joy
Politicians have celebrated Easter Sunday as a day of reflection and relaxation, as religious leaders urged altruism and understanding amid global turmoil and heightened cost-of-living pressures. Source: Daily Telegraph.
Surge in number of adults being baptised, confirmed
Saturday night’s Easter Vigil masses were marked by a worldwide trend – a 30 per cent surge in the number of adults, mainly young people in their 20s, being baptised or confirmed into the Catholic Church. Source: The Australian.
Francis remembered during Easter Monday prayers
Pope Leo XIV led the Regina Caeli prayer with pilgrims and tourists gathered in St Peter’s Square on Easter Monday and prayed for his predecessor Francis, who died on Easter Monday of last year after a long battle with respiratory illness. Source: Crux.
Easter calls us to recommit to building relationships
This weekend we Christians, no matter what the perilous circumstances in which we find ourselves, joyfully declare that the Lord is risen, that hope triumphs, ultimately, writes Fr Frank Brennan SJ. Source: The Australian.
Christians called to become ‘living stones’ of reconciliation
At the Easter Vigil Mass in the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa said that “Jerusalem, a city marked by the memory of death, and today by so many divisions, becomes the place where life is proclaimed”. Source: Vatican News.
Myanmar cathedral occupied by army returned to the faithful
After years of military occupation, the Christ the King Cathedral in Loikaw, Myanmar, has been returned to the faithful and priests, who celebrated the Easter Vigil together. Source: Vatican News.
Every vocation a path of beauty: Pope
The Vatican has published Pope Leo XIV’s message for the 63rd World Day of Prayer for Vocations, which will be celebrated on April 26, the Fourth Sunday of Easter, or Good Shepherd Sunday. Source: EWTN News.