Day: April 17, 2022

Pope Francis celebrates Mass in St. Peter’s Square for Easter 2022

Pope Francis celebrates Mass in St. Peter’s Square for Easter 2022 / Daniel Ibanez/CNA Vatican City, Apr 17, 2022 / 04:00 am (CNA). Pope Francis on Sunday celebrated Easter Mass for around 50,000 people in St. Peter’s Square — the first Easter Mass with the public after two years of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. On a […]

Full text of Pope Francis’ Urbi et Orbi blessing 2022

Pope Francis gives his Urbi et Orbi blessing on Easter 2022 / Daniel Ibanez/CNA Vatican City, Apr 17, 2022 / 04:45 am (CNA). On Easter Sunday 2022, Pope Francis gave the traditional Urbi et Orbi benediction from the central loggia of St. Peter’… […]

Pope Francis at Easter Vigil: The Risen Lord has robbed evil of its power

At the Vatican’s Easter Vigil Mass, Pope Francis said that Jesus has “entered the tomb of our sin” and restored us to life. “Let us celebrate Easter with Christ! He is alive! Today, too, he walks in our midst, changes us and sets us free,” Pope Francis said in his homily in St. Peter’s Basilica on April […]

Pope Francis laments ‘Easter of War’ in Urbi et Orbi blessing 2022

In his Urbi et Orbi blessing on Easter 2022, Pope Francis lamented an “Easter of War” as he prayed for peace in Ukraine and around the world. “Today, [Jesus] alone has the right to speak to us of peace. Jesus alone, for he bears wounds… our wounds,” the pope said on April 17, from the central loggia […]

Full text of Pope Francis’ Urbi et Orbi blessing 2022

On Easter Sunday 2022, Pope Francis gave the traditional Urbi et Orbi benediction from the central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica. “Urbi et Orbi” means “To the City [of Rome] and to the World.” It is a special apostolic blessing given by the pope every year on Easter Sunday, Christmas, and other special occasions. Here is the full […]

Russia issues Easter ultimatum to Ukraine fighters in Mariupol

Pope Francis’s Easter prayer for peace in war-torn Ukraine comes as Ukrainians feared more destruction on Sunday. Russia has issued an Easter ultimatum saying it will spare the lives of Ukrainian soldiers in the besieged city of Mariupol only if they lay down their arms on Sunday. However, Ukraine says its soldiers won’t surrender. Read […]

How tall will Mount Everest get before it stops growing?

Aurora Elmore was approaching Mount Everest’s South Base Camp in Nepal. But rather than taking the traditional 12-day hiking route, she was soaring between the frozen peaks, the rotor blades of her helicopter slicing through the thin air with a whap, whap, whap.

Why we remember music and forget everything else…

or many people, music feels like a part of our subconscious. It’s constantly playing in the background, whether we’re at a coffee shop, in the elevator, working from home, or even just walking down the street. Every year, Spotify tells us how many minutes we’ve spent listening to music. I spent 53,402 minutes in 2021—17 […]