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Pope Francis gives his homily at the Easter Vigil Mass in St. Peter's Basilica on April 8, 2023. / Daniel Ibanez/CNAVatican City, Apr 8, 2023 / 13:40 pm (CNA).At the Vaticans Easter Vigil Mass, Pope Francis urged people to "roll away the stones of sin and fear" to experience the power of Christs resurrection.In his Easter homily on April 8, the pope issued an invitation to "rediscover the grace of Gods resurrection within you!""Today, brothers and sisters, the power...

Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio leads the Archdiocese for the Military Services. / EWTN News In DepthWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 8, 2023 / 20:08 pm (CNA).A top U.S. military hospital ended its contract with a community of Franciscan friars just before Holy Week, putting a for-profit firm in charge of Catholic pastoral care, according to the Archdiocese of the Military Services.Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, the head of the archdiocese, blasted the move by Walter Reed National Military Medical C...

Pope Francis at the Easter Vigil Mass in St. Peter's Basilica on April 8, 2023. / Vatican MediaVatican City, Apr 8, 2023 / 15:00 pm (CNA).Here is the full text of Pope Francis Easter Vigil homily, delivered on April 8 in St. Peters Basilica.The night is drawing to a close and the first light of dawn is appearing upon the horizon as the women set out toward Jesus tomb. They make their way forward, bewildered and dismayed, their hearts overwhelmed with grief at the death that took away their ...

Null / Pablo Esparza/CNAVatican City, Apr 9, 2023 / 04:45 am (CNA).On the morning of Easter Sunday 2023, Pope Francis presided over Mass in St. Peters Square before delivering his Urbi et Orbi message and blessing from the central loggia of St. Peters Basilica before an estimated 100,000 people."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....

Null / Pablo Esparza/CNAVatican City, Apr 9, 2023 / 04:30 am (CNA).Pope Francis presided over Mass in St. Peters Square on Easter Sunday 2023, before giving the traditional Urbi et Orbi blessing in the presence of around 100,000 people.On a sunny and cool spring day in Rome, the pope recalled that Easter is "the most important and beautiful day of history," the day Christ rose from the dead."Let the Church and the world rejoice, for today our hopes no longer come up against the wa...

A bridge over the Mississippi River near St. Louis / Checubus / ShutterstockSt. Louis, Mo., Apr 9, 2023 / 12:00 pm (CNA).A group of more than 3,000 Catholics in the Archdiocese of St. Louis sent a letter to Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski last week asking him to halt plans to merge numerous parishes in the coming years.Robert Onder, a former Missouri state senator and founding member of St. Gianna Parish in Wentzville, Missouri, is acting as procurator, or representative under canon law, ...

"The Pope Answers" airs on Hulu beginning April 5. / HuluWashington D.C., Apr 7, 2023 / 14:00 pm (CNA)."The true Church is at the peripheries," Pope Francis says in Disneys new documentary "The Pope: Answers," which was released April 5.Directed by Spanish filmmaker Jordi Évole and available exclusively on Hulu in the U.S. The one hour and 23 minute-long documentary shares a conversation between the pope and 10 young people from around the world.Filmed in a poor, w...

Pilgrims gather for the Stations of the Cross at the Colosseum in Rome on Good Friday, April 3, 2015. / Vatican Media.Rome Newsroom, Apr 7, 2023 / 14:05 pm (CNA).The meditations and prayers for the Stations of the Cross at the Colosseum on Good Friday this year come from the testimonies of victims of violence whom Pope Francis encountered during his international apostolic journeys over the past ten years.Officials in the Roman Curia compiled testimonies from Ukraine, Russia, the Holy Land, Cent...

A pro-abortion activist displays abortion pills as she counter-protests during an anti-abortion demonstration on March 25, 2023, in New York City. / Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images)Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 7, 2023 / 20:45 pm (CNA).A federal judge in Texas issued a much anticipated ruling Friday that, if it holds up in court, could take the abortion drug mifepristone off pharmacy shelves due to safety concerns and in doing so prevent over half of the abortions that take place in the coun...

A pro-abortion activist displays abortion pills as she counter-protests during an anti-abortion demonstration on March 25, 2023, in New York City. / Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images)Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 7, 2023 / 20:45 pm (CNA).A federal judge in Texas issued a much anticipated ruling Friday that, if it holds up in court, could take the abortion drug mifepristone off pharmacy shelves due to safety concerns and in doing so prevent over half of the abortions that take place in the coun...