Pope Leo celebrates Easter Sun. Mass at St. Peter’s Square
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Palm Sunday marks the start of the one of the busiest and fullest liturgical periods of the year for the Catholic Church and the Vatican.
The Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) is one of the most significant ceremonies of Holy Week. Held annually on Good Friday at the Colosseum in Rome, it
The Reverend Kate Bottley celebrates Easter Sunday from 6am on BBC Radio 2 with some live music from Nottingham singer-songwriter Jerub. Harry Clark also joins to reflect on his recent journey to Rome, in a quest to meet the new Pope. Plus, Richard Coles shares a special Pause For Thought.
Pope Leo XIV made an impassioned plea for peace and expressed solidarity with imprisoned journalists in his first news briefing since becoming pontiff on Monday, calling for "the precious gift of free speech and of the press" to be protected.