POPE FRANCIS' MESSAGE

Pope at Easter Vigil urges us to let Risen Christ into our lives
Pope Francis on Saturday evening presided at the Easter Vigil in St Peter’s Basilica, with the baptism of 12 catechumens from Italy, Albania, Cameroon, Korea, India and China. In his homily the Pope reflected on the actions of Peter who ran to Jesus’ tomb on the first Easter morning. Even though he, like the other disciples.. More +

Pope Francis: Christians Are Called to Resurrect Hope in Saddened Hearts
Celebrating his fourth Easter as pope, Francis reminded the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics, and the wider Christian community, that as people who believe in the Risen Christ “we are called to awaken and resurrect hope in hearts burdened by sadness, in those who struggle to find meaning in life.” He delivered.. More +

Pope at Easter Vigil urges us to let Risen Christ into our lives
Pope Francis on Saturday evening presided at the Easter Vigil in St Peter’s Basilica, with the baptism of 12 catechumens from Italy, Albania, Cameroon, Korea, India and China. In his homily the Pope reflected on the actions of Peter who ran to Jesus’ tomb on the first Easter morning. Even though he, like the other disciples.. More +

Pope Francis gives Easter message of hope after bleak week
Pontiff says darkness and fear exemplified by Brussels terrorist attacks must not be allowed to imprison us with pessimism Pope Francis concluded a bleak week in Europe with a message of hope during an Easter vigil service on Saturday, saying darkness and fear must not prevail and “imprison”.. More +

After bleak week, Pope Francis offers Easter message
Pope Francis concluded a bleak week in Europe with a message of hope during an Easter Vigil service Saturday, saying darkness and fear must not prevail and "imprison" the world with pessimism. Francis' call to hope on the eve of the most joyful celebration in the Christian calendar contrasted sharply.. More +

Pope Francis calls for hope amid terror fears in Easter Saturday vigil
Pope Francis concluded a bleak week in Europe with a message of hope during an Easter Vigil service Saturday, saying darkness and fear must not prevail and "imprison" the world with pessimis. Francis's call to hope on the eve of the most joyful celebration in the Christian calendar contrasted.. More +

Watch Live: Pope Francis Holds Easter Vigil Prayers at the Vatican
Pope Francis will preside over Easter Vigil prayers at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican on Saturday. He will also preside over an Easter mass on Sunday, standing on the balcony of the basilica to give the twice-annual “Urbi et Orbi” blessing, which means “for the city and for the world,” the Telegraph reported In an Easter ritual earlier this week, Francis washed the feet of asylum seekers.. More +

Watch Live: Pope Francis Holds Easter Vigil Prayers at the Vatican
Pope Francis will preside over Easter Vigil prayers at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican on Saturday. He will also preside over an Easter mass on Sunday, standing on the balcony of the basilica to give the twice-annual “Urbi et Orbi” blessing, which means “for the city and for the world,” the Telegraph reported In an Easter ritual earlier this week, Francis washed the feet of asylum seekers.. More +

Do not let darkness and fear distract you, Pope says at Easter Vigil
Francis offers Easter message of hope after a bleak week in Europe Pope Francis said that darkness and fear must not prevail as he concluded a bleak week in Europe with a message of hope during the Easter Vigil in St Peter’s Basilica. Francis entered the silent and darkened basilica with just a single candle guiding.. More +

Pope decries terrorist acts that profane God’s name on Good Friday
Francis recalls those 'decapitated by barbarous blades' after Way of the CrossPope Francis has denounced those committing terrorist acts while profaning God’s name and lamented what he called “anaesthetised” consciences over refugees flooding Europe. At the end of the Way of the Cross in Rome’s Colosseum.. More +

Pope Francis at the Via Crucis at the Coliseum
Pope Francis on Friday evening presided over the Stations of the Cross in the Coliseum. During his prayer at the end of the service, the Holy Father lamented the those Christians killed for their faith by “barbarous blades amid cowardly silence, as well as the fact the Mediterranean and Aegean Seas had become.. More +

Pope leads solemn Good Friday liturgy amid security concerns
No matter how far the hate of human beings can go, the love of God always has been, and will be, greater,' says papal preacher Entering in silence and lying prostrate on the floor in front of the main altar of St Peter’s Basilica, Pope Francis has commemorated Jesus’s death on the Cross. Thousands of people joined the Pope.. More +

Pope Francis presides over Passion Liturgy in St. Peter's
Pope Francis presided over the Passion Liturgy on Friday afternoon – Good Friday – the day on which the whole Church recalls the suffering, crucifixion, and death of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Not a Mass, for Good Friday is the one day in all the year on which nowhere in the Latin Church is the sacrifice offered.. More +

Pope Francis prays on the ground in a sign of penitence
During the ceremony on Friday in Saint Peter's, the Pope has prayed on the floor before a crucifix as a sign of penance. It is one of the highlights of the ceremony of Good Friday at the Vatican. More +

Pope Francis' Chrism Mass Homily - Full Text
In the morning of Holy Thursday yesterday, the Holy Father presided at the Holy Chrism Mass in St. Peter's basilica. The Mass was concelebrated by cardinals, bishops and priests (diocesan and religious) present in Rome. During the Mass, the priests renewed the promises they made at the time of of their ordination.. More +

Pope Francis washes feet of refugees on Holy Thursday
The Pontiff washed the feet of several refugees, including Muslims, Hindus and Copts In a gesture of brotherhood and peace earlier today, Pope Francis washed the feet of several refugees, including Muslims, Hindus and Copts. Gestures, like Jesus washing the feet of his disciples, “speak louder than words”.. More +

Pope Francis Washes Feet of Migrants and Refugees on Holy Thursday
The Holy Father said March 24 that, while there are some people in the world who seek to sow violence, Jesus shows us the path to unity, brotherhood and peace. ROME - During a Mass in Rome on Holy Thursday, Pope Francis washed the feet of migrants and refugees, many of whom were moved to tears by the gesture.. More +

Pope Francis: gestures of fraternity defeat hatred and greed
Pope Francis celebrated the Missa in coena Domini on Holy Thursday evening, at the CARA Welcome and Hospitality Centre operated by the Auxilium cooperative. Located a short distance outside the Rome city limits, in Castelnuovo di Porto, the Centre provides temporary lodging and services to nearly 900 asylum seekers.. More +

Pope washes the feet of three Muslim refugees
(ONLY VIDEO) During the first ceremony of the Easter Triduum, every Holy Thursday, it is a tradition that priests wash the feet of twelve people, to repeat the gesture of service which Jesus had with the twelve apostles. Today, Pope Francis washed the feet of eleven refugees and a volunteer in a reception center at the gates of Rome. The migrants are: Four young Catholic Nigerians.. More +

Pope to celebrate Holy Thursday with young refugees
Pope Francis will celebrate the Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper with young refugees in Castelnuovo di Porto, about 15 miles north of Rome. “Washing the feet of the refugees, Pope Francis is asking for respect for each one of them,” wrote Archbishop Rino Fisichella, the main organiser of the Vatican’s.. More +

Pope Francis: Easter Triduum speaks of God’s love and mercy
Dear Brothers and Sisters: As we prepare to celebrate the Paschal Triduum in this Holy Year of Mercy, we are invited in a special way to contemplate the revelation of God’s infinite mercy in the events of Jesus’ passion, death and resurrection. Tomorrow, Holy Thursday, Jesus gives himself to us as food and, in the washing of feet.. More +