Overview
- At Saturday's Easter Vigil in St. Peter's, León XIV urged Catholics not to let war, injustice, fear or resentment paralyze them, then baptized, confirmed and gave first communion to ten adult converts from the Diocese of Rome, the United Kingdom, Portugal and South Korea.
- During Friday's Passion liturgy, he lay prostrate before the Altar of the Confession, restoring a Good Friday sign of humility and penance that Pope Francis largely set aside in recent years because of mobility limits.
- The Vatican ceremonies drew cardinals, diplomats and thousands of worshippers in a hushed setting, followed later by the traditional Way of the Cross at Rome's Colosseum.
- Across Spain on Sunday, cities held daytime Resucitado and Encuentro processions that filled plazas in places like Córdoba, Málaga, Toledo, Segovia, Valladolid, León and Alicante, closing Holy Week with public rites of joy.
- In Argentina, Jujuy and Salta marked the Vigil with the blessing of fire and the paschal candle and scheduled Easter Masses for large crowds, underscoring how local traditions mirror the Vatican's liturgies at the close of Holy Week.