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Gospel of 7 April 2026 John 20:11-18 At that time: Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb. And she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet. They said to her, 'Woman, why are you weeping?' She said to them, 'They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.' Having... Read More

At the Regina Caeli on Easter Monday in Saint Peter's Square, Pope Leo XIV called on Christians to bear witness to the Gospel in a world disfigured by fake news, conflict and "confused consciences". Reflecting on the Gospel account of the empty tomb, the Pope noted that two different accounts emerge from the same event: the testimony of the women, who encountered the risen Jesus and announced His ... Read More

This Easter morning, many thousands of adults - mainly young adults mostly from no religious background - have made their way through the shadows and darkness of our time like the women and the apostles on the first Easter morning to "see and believe" that Jesus Christ is risen from the dead and truly present in His Church, supremely in His Eucharist (Cf. Jn. 20: 8). They have searched through the... Read More

In this short film, Mimi Yates from the Daily Mail visits the Religious of Mary Immaculate hostel in South Kensington, where young women of all faiths and none are choosing to live - and loving it there. The rent is very reasonable and facilities comfortable. There are a few rules - boys are allowed in the communal areas but not upstairs in the girl's rooms - and there is a curfew. But the film sh... Read More

A crucial moment in the Haitian director Raoul Peck's new film Orwell: 2+2=5 has a clip of St Joan perishing in the flames from Carl Theodor Dreyer's 1928 classic The Passion of Joan of Arc. She was burned for heresy - because she 'refused to outrage her conscience'. The words are Orwell's own). And then comes the exhortation, 'Dare to be a Daniel', that is: speak truth to power, hold fast to trut... Read More

Gospel of 6 April 2026 Matthew 28:8-15 At that time: The women departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to tell the disciples of Jesus. And behold, Jesus met them and said, 'Greetings!' And they came up and took hold of his feet and worshipped him. Then Jesus said to them, 'Do not be afraid; go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee, and there they will see me.' While they we... Read More

Richard Sewell, Dean of St George's College, Jerusalem, writes: Christ is risen indeed! The Easter rising sun eventually broke through dark, heavy clouds and bathed the Mount of Olives in gentle sunlight evoking resurrection daybreak. The gospel spoke powerfully into our situation, but as the preacher, Rev Sally Azar said in her sermon, the resurrection story comes to us as those who wake to ... Read More

On Easter Sunday, Archbishop Richard Moth addressed the faithful of the Diocese of Westminster, inviting them to proclaim anew the peace of the Risen Christ in a world marked by conflict and division. Reflecting on both global unrest and challenges closer to home, he called for renewed commitment to the dignity of every human life, expressing gratitude for those who have courageously defended it i... Read More

America's most senior Catholic military cleric has expressed serious reservations about Donald Trump's war on Iran, clearly stating that it does not meet the Catholic Church's moral criteria for a just war. In an interview with Ed O'Keefe on CBS News 'Face the Nation', which was televised on Easter Sunday, Archbishop Timothy Broglio, head of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, which overse... Read More

Pope Leo has called on world leaders to lay down their weapons and choose "encounter" over domination. In his Urbi et Obi Message delivered today, Easter Sunday, to tens of thousands of pilgrims gathered in St Peter's Square, he urged "those who have the power to unleash wars" to chose peace. This should not be a peace "imposed by force", he stressed, but one achieved through dialogue - "not with... Read More

Fr Joe Ryan writes: On Holy Saturday a different type of Stations of the Cross were organised by The Catholic Worker and Pax Christi. We went to Central London visiting various sites; Government buildings, arms manufacturers headquarters; oil and gas companies, mining companies and other historical sites built on the backs of extraction, slavery the destruction of our climate and the deaths of inn... Read More

Gospel of 5 April 2026 Matthew 28:1-10 After the Sabbath, towards the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow. And for fear of him the guards tr... Read More

Pope Leo XIV reflected on good, evil, and rebirth, as he presided over the Easter Vigil Mass in St Peter's Basilica last night. Easter, the Pope said, quoting from an ancient hymn, "drives out hatred, fosters concord and brings down the mighty". While the heart of the Easter story is Jesus' resurrection from the dead, Pope Leo said, "the holy mystery of this night … extends across the centuries"... Read More

"Easter does not begin with a proclamation of victory, but with listening to a story: a story that confronts death to reach life." With these words, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, recalled the passage through darkness necessary to reach the Resurrection, in his homily for the Easter Vigil celebration that he presided over on the morning of Saturday, April 4, in... Read More