Auxiliary Bishop Robert Casey, archdiocesan vicar general, celebrates Easter Mass with some of the Sisters of St. Joseph at their motherhouse in LaGrange Park on April 4, 2021. The Mass was offered for the National Guard members administering COVID-19 vaccines in Illinois.
Celebrating Easter for the entire 50-day season All of the Easter eggs will be found and the chocolate eaten long before the Easter season ends at Pentecost, this year on June 8.
Pope on Easter: Jesus' resurrection makes Christians pilgrims of hope The hope Christians have is not a sign of avoiding reality but of trusting in the power of God to defeat sin and death as the resurrection of Jesus clearly shows, Pope Francis wrote in his Easter message.
On Easter, pope asks Christ to 'roll away' the stones of war worldwide Just as Jesus removed the stone that sealed his tomb on the morning of the Resurrection, on Easter Christ alone "has the power to roll away the stones that block the path to life" and which trap humanity in war and injustice, Pope Francis said.