South African bishop says 45 who died on Easter eve ‘are alive with the Risen Lord’
YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Easter was a time of mourning for several families in Botswana, when 45 worshippers died. The members of the Zion Christian Church from Botswana were headed for their headquarters on March 28 in Moria Polokwane when their bus plunged off a bridge and caught fire. Only an eight-year old child surviving the […]
Peru bishops call for dialogue amid presidential scandal
SÃO PAULO, Brazil – Amid a rising poverty rate and popular dissatisfaction with the government, Peru has been facing a new political crisis in the country over the past couple of weeks, with an ongoing investigation on President Dina Boluarte’s supposed illicit enrichment. The South American country’s episcopate couldn’t avoid mentioning it in its Easter […]
Pope’s ‘white flag’ ironically sparks political civil war in Italy
ROME – In keeping with the law of unintended consequences, Pope Francis’s recent invocation of a “white flag,” designed to promote peace between Russia and Ukraine, seems instead to have sparked a budding civil war in Italian politics, pitting Catholics against secular progressives in the country’s main center-left party. The focus for the tension is […]
Holy Land leaders tell Gazans on Easter, ‘don’t lose hope’
ROME – Ahead of Easter, several Church leaders in Jerusalem sent a message to the people of Gaza assuring of their closeness and support, telling Gazans not to lose hope, while the Jesuit order insisted they cannot be silent as millions face potential famine. Speaking to the parishioners of the Latin-rite Holy Family Catholic Church […]
Peru bishops call for dialogue amid presidential scandal
SÃO PAULO, Brazil – Amid a rising poverty rate and popular dissatisfaction with the government, Peru has been facing a new political crisis in the country over the past couple of weeks, with an ongoing investigation on President Dina Boluarte’s supposed illicit enrichment. The South American country’s episcopate couldn’t avoid mentioning it in its Easter […]
Pope’s ‘white flag’ ironically sparks political civil war in Italy
ROME – In keeping with the law of unintended consequences, Pope Francis’s recent invocation of a “white flag,” designed to promote peace between Russia and Ukraine, seems instead to have sparked a budding civil war in Italian politics, pitting Catholics against secular progressives in the country’s main center-left party. The focus for the tension is […]
Holy Land leaders tell Gazans on Easter, ‘don’t lose hope’
ROME – Ahead of Easter, several Church leaders in Jerusalem sent a message to the people of Gaza assuring of their closeness and support, telling Gazans not to lose hope, while the Jesuit order insisted they cannot be silent as millions face potential famine. Speaking to the parishioners of the Latin-rite Holy Family Catholic Church […]
Catholic cemeteries on the front line against secular fear of death
null / Credit: Shutterstock Vancouver, Canada, Apr 1, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). Cemeteries are the front line of defense against society’s increasing secularism and fear of death and suffering, said Peter Nobes, director of Catholic Cemeteries in the Archdiocese of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. “In every age, Christ shows us the way to our […]
The Backstory of ‘We Are an Easter People and Alleluia Is Our Song!’
Christopher Furlong Flowers adorn St. Peter’s Square on March 26, 2005, in preparation for Easter Sunday Mass in Vatican City. Eastertide links Sts. John Paul II and Augustine.
Full Text of Pope Francis’ Urbi et Orbi Blessing for Easter 2024
Pablo Esparza/CNA Pope Francis gives his urbi et orbi Easter blessing from the central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica on March 31, 2024. ‘Brothers and sisters, Jesus Christ is risen! He alone has the power to roll away the stones that block the path to life…’