Pope Francis: Easter Message Urbi et Orbi (To the City and the World)

March 31, 2013

"Dear brothers and sisters in Rome and throughout the world, Happy Easter! Happy Easter! What a joy it is for me to announce this message: Christ is risen! I would like it to go out to every house and every family, especially where the suffering is greatest, in hospitals, in prisons. Most of all, I would like it to enter every heart, for it is there that God wants to sow this Good News: Jesus is risen, there is hope for you, you are no longer in the power of sin, of evil! Love has triumphed, mercy has been victorious! The mercy of God always triumphs!" ...

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Further information:

• Urbi et Orbi Message (Holy See)
• Easter Sunday, Holy Mass of the Day, 31 March 2013: Booklet for the Celebration (Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff)