Peter's Square, Dutch flower growers sent 38,000 blooming bulbs - tulips, daffodils and hyacinths - to the Vatican. Marking the 38th year they have provided the Easter flowers for St. In his Easter message, Pope Francis prayed for an end to the war in Ukraine and remembered Christians celebrating Easter "in particular circumstances," specifically mentioning Nicaragua, where the government has imposed restrictions on public celebrations, has deported dozens of priests and has imprisoned Bishop Rolando Álvarez de Matagalpa.Īs is traditional, Pope Francis did not give a homily during the morning Mass but bowed his head and observed several minutes of silent reflection after the chanting of the Gospel in both Latin and Greek.
"In Jesus the decisive passage of humanity has been made: the passage from death to life, from sin to grace, from fear to confidence, from desolation to communion," the pope said April 9 after celebrating the Easter morning Mass in St. VATICAN CITY (CNS) - On a bright spring morning, Pope Francis prayed that Christians would experience the joy of Easter and allow Christ's resurrection to be "the light that illumines the darkness and the gloom in which, all too often, our world finds itself enveloped." Peter's Square before he imparts his Easter blessing "urbi et orbi" (to the city and the world) from the central balcony of St.
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