(OSV News) — Parishes and dioceses throughout the nation are taking up Pope Leo XIV’s call to pray for peace, holding April 11 vigils coinciding with the pope’s own at St. Peter’s Basilica.
The pope had announced the initiative April 5 during an Angelus address given moments after celebrating Easter Mass.
In that address, Pope Leo used the word “peace” 13 times, stressing the peace offered by the ...
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