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Crucifixion. / ShutterstockWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 15, 2022 / 07:26 am (CNA).Pope Francis has called God's mercy "an abyss beyond our comprehension.""God's mercy can make even the driest land become a garden, can restore life to dry bones ( Ez 37:1-14)," the pope said in his very first Easter Urbi et Orbi message in 2013. "Let us be renewed by God's mercy, let us be loved by Jesus, let us enable the power of his love to transform our lives too," he continued, "and let us become agents of this mercy, channels through which God can water the earth, prote...

Pope Francis: Risen Christ Is Hope for All Who ‘Suffer from the Pandemic’ 5 Apr 2021 ROME — Pope Francis pointed to the Risen Christ on Easter Sunday as hope for all who are suffering from the coronavirus pandemic. “The risen Christ is hope for all who continue to suffer from the pandemic, both the sick and those who have lost a loved one,” the pontiff proclaimed during his yearly Easter Urbi et Orbiblessing given in Saint Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican. “The Easter message does not offer us a mirage or reveal a magic formula,” Francis warned. “It does not point to an esca...

Pope Francis urged Catholics to remain hopeful in his Easter Sunday address, calling vaccines an "essential tool" in ending the pandemic and urging their swift rollout to the world's poorest countries. On the holiest holiday for the world's 1.3 billion Catholics and the second under the shadow of the coronavirus crisis, the pope focused his message on the world's most vulnerable - the sick, migrants, people facing economic hardship, and those living in war zones like Syria, Yemen and Libya. "The pandemic is still spreading, while the social and economic crisis remains severe, especially for t...

The Tablet April 4, 2021 Pope Francis walks near flowers prior to delivering his Easter message and blessing “urbi et orbi” (to the city and the world) after celebrating Easter Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican April 4, 2021. (Photo: CNS/Vatican Media) By Elise Ann Allen ROME (Crux) – Pope Francis on Easter offered consolation to all those still struggling as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, and he urged speeding up production of COVID-19 vaccines amid global delays and ensuring they reach the poorest countries. In his Easter Urbi et Orbi address, the pontiff sa...