The dispossession Christ experienced in his crucifixion is an act of solidarity with the dispossessed of the world.
Easter
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis on Palm Sunday: ‘In drawing close to those ill-treated by life, we are loving Jesus.’
In Palm Sunday services at the Vatican, Pope Francis said that to admire Jesus “is not enough. We have to follow in his footsteps.”
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Vatican releases Pope Francis’ Holy Week and Easter schedule
Pope Francis’ Holy Week and Easter will be celebrated primarily in St. Peter’s Basilica with a very small congregation.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
The Editors: Our long Lent is far from over—but signs of Easter are everywhere
Easter reminds the faithful of our obligation to maintain hope in the darkest of times.
Posted inFaith, Last Take
Archbishop Pérez of Philadelphia: We are still a people of hope!
It is a painful, confusing and trying time, writes the new archbishop of Philadelphia, Nelson J. Pérez, but Easter is a reminder that God’s great love for us prevails.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
Like the disciples, we are not meant to live behind locked doors.
Staying behind closed doors may make us feel safe, but it keeps us from the people, the events and experiences that we need in order to grow into the selves we were meant to become.
Posted inCommunity, Faith
Easter Sunday Mass with America Media
Join America Media for Easter Sunday Mass on April 12 at 11:30 a.m. The Rev. Matt Malone, S.J., will be the presider.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
In Easter message, Pope Francis proposes ‘universal basic wage’
Pope Francis said in an Easter Sunday message that the coronavirus epidemic could also be an opportunity for affluent societies to re-evaluate patterns of consumption and exploitation.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis delivers stirring message of hope to humanity in its ‘darkest hour’ at Easter Vigil
At the Easter Vigil Mass on Saturday evening, Pope Francis delivered an inspiring homily in which he likened the experience of the women in Jerusalem to that of people around the world today as they endure the Covid-19 epidemic.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis oversees an emotional Way of the Cross in empty square
In an empty St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis presided over the historic ‘Via Crucis” with help from groups of health care workers and prisoners.