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SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2020
THE CENTER PIECE
THE CATHOLI
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) - In an Easter celebration like no other, Pope Francis prayed that Christ, "who has already defeated death and opened for us the way to eternal salvation," would "dispel the darkness pg!pvs!tvfsjoh!ivnbojuz!boe!mfbe!vt!joup!uif!mjhiu!pg!ijt!hmpsjpvt!ebz-! a day that knows no end." Uif!qpqft!usbejujpobm!Fbtufs!nfttbhf!cfgpsf!ijt!cmfttjoh!vscj!fu! pscj!)up!uif!djuz!boe!uif!xpsme*!tujmm!nfoujpofe!dpvousjft!zfbsojoh!gps! qfbdf-!njhsbout!boe!sfgvhfft!jo!offe!pg!b!xfmdpnjoh!ipnf!boe!uif! qpps!eftfswjoh!pg!bttjtubodf/ Cvu!ijt!Fbtufs!qsbzfst!Bqsjm!23!xfsf!nptumz!jo!uif!dpoufyu!pg!uif!tvg- gfsjoh!boe!efbui!dbvtfe!cz!uif!dpspobwjsvt!boe!uif!fdpopnjd!ejdvm- ujft!uif!qboefnjd!bmsfbez!ibt!usjhhfsfe/ Uif!qpqft!Fbtufs!npsojoh!Nbtt!xbt!vojrvf
MILLIONS FOLLOW VIA MEDIA
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POPECALLS FOR A 'CONTAGION'
"This is a different 'contagion,' a message transmitted from heart to heart
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for every human heart awaits this Good News. It is the contagion of hope: 'Christ, my hope, is risen!'
Unique Easter celebrated in near-empty St. Peter's
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PRAYS FOR SICK, DEPARTED, LONELY
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CALLS FOR GLOBAL CEASE FIRE
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. . . says now a time to build world without inequality, injustice
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ALL FRAIL, ALL EQUAL, ALL PRECIOUS
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