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A Vatican spokesman described the ambitious trip as “one of the longest stretches of time that the pope has been outside the Vatican.”

Bishop Santasiero denied the allegations and also requested that InfoVaticana send him a copy of the documents in their possession.

“He wanted to live his life fully for himself, he wanted to find joy and what he had discovered, he couldn’t bear for others not to know.”

“If you’re a Catholic and you don’t fully back the government, it’s seen as grave disloyalty. This is why we face serious problems here.”

“What Israel wants is the disarmament of Hezbollah, and this goal has not been achieved. A truce would reopen the door to diplomacy.”

The image of Merciful Jesus “came out of Vilnius and went to the whole world,” she said. “But it is not a decoration on a wall. It is a call.”

“May you, amidst feelings of sorrow, anguish, and mourning, experience a deeper joy in your hearts today: Jesus has gloriously triumphed over death.”

“Our role as doctors is solely to determine whether a person has been cured, and whether that cure is unexplained,” he explained.

“After death, there is the resurrection,” Father Romanelli said. “Death is just a passage and that is why happiness and joy must be experienced on Easter.”

Holy Week in the Holy Land is unfolding in unprecedented silence, as war-related restrictions have left sacred sites largely without the faithful.