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April 6, 2026 : “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 the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre.
"Jerusalem, a city marked by the memory of death, and today by so many divisions, becomes the place where life is proclaimed", said Cardinal Pizzaballa.
Given security restrictions, only a few people took part in the liturgy, including the Franciscan friars of the Custody of the Holy Land. They live in the convent of the Holy Sepulchre, called by local Christians “the Church of the Resurrection.”
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