David Fernández Alonso

The second Sunday of Easter is known as Divine Mercy Sunday. It is a devotion strongly recommended by recent Popes.

Francis reflects in the first audience this Easter on the relationship between prayer and the communion of saints.

Pope Francis prayed the Regina Coeli prayer on this Easter Monday, where he expressed his wish that all may experience the joy of the women of the Gospel, who "experience great joy in finding the Master alive again".

Pope Francis addressed the Easter Message from St. Peter's Basilica, and recalled that "the wounds of Christ are the perpetual seal of his love for us."

Pope Francis celebrated the Easter Vigil in the almost empty St. Peter's Basilica, where he recalled that the Lord invites us to "begin again".

Pope Francis presided over the celebration of the Passion of the Lord during the Good Friday services. Cardinal Cantalamessa, who preached the homily, warned of the most common cause of division among Catholics: political choice.

The Holy Father Francis presided at the Chrism Mass on Holy Thursday, where he recalled that "the Lord embraced the Cross in its entirety".

This year too, as in the past, the Holy Week celebrations in Rome with the Pope will have a particular expression motivated by the pandemic. So it was on Palm Sunday, the portico of the week leading up to Easter.