#Easter

Croatia. Easter in earthquake-hit areas: the words of Msgr. Košić (Sisak) “After this Calvary the victory of life over death awaits us”

Over three months have passed since a devastating earthquake hit Croatia on 29 December last. SIR interviewed Msgr. Vlado Košić,…

Jesus came to convert, not to subvert

People have fluctuating emotions, and in doing so, they disown the one they had acclaimed the previous day. They will…

Holy Land. Patton (Custos): “Next Easter will not be as humiliated and sober as it was in 2020”

For Father Francesco Patton, Custos of the Holy Land, Easter in Jerusalem this year will not be celebrated behind closed…

Russia. Msgr. Pezzi (Moscow): “Orthodox Easter behind closed doors in response to the appeal of Patriarch Kirill”

Lockdown in Moscow and Easter behind closed doors. Also Russia is facing a surge in infections, with the health system…

United States: today, national day of prayer for an end to the pandemic. Mgr. Gomez, message to Catholics for the Easter Triduum

Czech Republic: bishops on spiritual and material ways to experience Easter at home

Easter 2020: card. Hollerich (Comece) and rev. Krieger (Cec), “we celebrate victory over death in Christ at a time in which we are fighting a pandemic”

Coronavirus Covid-19: Jerusalem, Easter “behind closed doors” but with an ever …empty Sepulchre. Custos Patton: “Don’t stop at Good Friday”

“Easter is not a myth, it’s the truth to which we cling.” From Jerusalem, the Custos of the Holy Land,…

Coronavirus Covid-19: England and Wales, guidelines for Holy Week. Streamed liturgies and foot washing at home

Coronavirus Covid-19: Germany, bells on at Easter in all the Catholic and Evangelical churches

Coronavirus: the initiatives of the Italian Church. Mons. Russo (CEI): “Support to doctors and health workers, close to the sick”

“Without clamour for recognition, the Church assures co-responsible support to doctors, healthcare workers and to the sick”, said Msgr. Stefano…