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Pope Francis reflected on the Church as a teacher of prayer, and affirmed that "without faith, everything collapses; and without prayer, faith is extinguished." 

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

The Pontiff, a true bridge-builder, seeks, in his meetings and travels, to dialogue, to console the afflicted, to defend religious freedom and the freedom of Catholics. Jean-Baptiste Noé, a Parisian specialist in geopolitics, explained this in a virtual colloquium.

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".