This year, the celebration of Easter coincides in both the Gregorian and Julian calendars, a circumstance that proves providential as we commemorate the anniversary of the Ecumenical Council (the 1700th anniversary of the first great ecumenical council: the Council of Nicaea).
I renew my appeal that this coincidence may serve as an appeal to all Christians to take a decisive step forward towards unity around a common date for Easter (cf. Bull Spes Non Confundit, 17). The Catholic Church is open to accepting the date that everyone wants: a date of unity.
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18 APRIL – GOOD FIDAY COLLECTION FOR THE HOLY LAND
The IFCA secretariat has been promoting the Collection since 2014-15 in various countries, in collaboration with the Custody of the Holy Land Land and the Commissariats of the Holy Land present in Italy and on other continents.
21 APRIL – 8 JUNE: VIA LUCIS VIA PACIS
Eight stages contemplating the mystery of the Resurrection following the steps of the women, the apostles with Mary, the disciples of Jesus “from the eighth day on a journey with the Risen Lord”.
