Easter

  • April 11, 2023

Share Easter joy with others, pope urges

The women disciples, who were the first to meet the risen Jesus, offer a lesson to all Christians:...
  • April 11, 2023

Pope prays that Easter joy would break through gloom of sin, war, strife

On a bright spring morning, Pope Francis prayed that Christians would experience the joy of Easter and allow...
  • April 9, 2023

Pope at Easter: Roll away the stone of sadness, encounter the Risen Lord

Easter is the time "to roll away the stone of the tombs in which we often imprison our...
  • April 25, 2022

Ukrainian Catholics in New York celebrate Easter by praying for end of war

Ukrainian Catholics in New York celebrated Easter with prayers that Christ's triumph over death will also signify victory...
  • April 19, 2022

Temptation of power, money can obscure Easter joy, pope says

The allure of power and money can be used to proclaim falsehoods and obscure the joyous announcement of...
  • April 13, 2022

Pope blesses Easter basket symbolic of Knights’ care packages for refugees

Pope Francis blessed a special Easter basket during a private audience with Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly and his...
  • April 6, 2021

Faithful reminded on Easter that Christ ‘loves us,’ is ‘with us forever’

On Easter last year, New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan looked out on an empty St. Patrick's Cathedral...
  • April 6, 2021

Risen Christ offers hope to people, Cardinal Gregory says at Easter Mass

The risen Christ on Easter offers hope to people experiencing sorrows in their everyday lives and in the...
  • April 6, 2021

Easter season is time to seek the risen Lord, experience joy, pope says

The Easter season, which lasts until Pentecost, is a time for rejoicing and for always seeking out the...
  • April 6, 2021

Christ’s victory over death proclaims a second chance for all, pope says

The Easter liturgies -- with the fire, sharing of light from the paschal candle, the renewal of baptismal...