Pope Francis has delivered a 10-minute homily during the Vatican’s somber Easter Vigil service, a day after he made the last-minute decision to skip his participation in the Good Friday procession as a health precaution. Francis entered the darkened, silent St. Peter’s Basilica in his wheelchair Saturday night and offered an opening prayer.
Pope Francis presides over the Easter vigil celebration in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, March 30, 2024. Pope Francis presides over the Easter vigil celebration in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, March 30, 2024. Pope Francis’ chair is seen prior to the start of the Via Crucis in front of the Colosseum on Good Friday, in Rome, Friday, March 29, 2024. Pope Francis presides over the Easter vigil celebration in St.
The evening service, one of the most solemn and important moments in the Catholic liturgical calendar, commemorates the resurrection of Jesus. The Vatican had said Francis skipped the Good Friday procession to ensure his participation in both the vigil service Saturday night, which usually lasts about two hours, and Easter Sunday Mass a few hours later.
In his homily Francis referred to the stone that the faithful believe was removed from Christ’s tomb after his death. Francis urged Catholics to remove the stones in their lives that “block the door of our hearts, stifling life, extinguishing hope, imprisoning us in the tomb of our fears and regrets.”
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