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11 April 2020Silence, waiting, contemplation until the Easter Vigil that the Holy Father will preside at 9 pm tonight in a deserted Basilica of San Pietro, but connected with the whole world thanks to the live TV that will be guaranteed by Rai Uno and TV 2000 and live video streaming on Rai Play and on the Vatican News Youtube channel.

Easter Eve, a day in which silence and solitude dominate
Easter Eve is a day when silence and solitude dominate. But there are those who watch in faith: it is Mary. "Mary at the foot of the Cross does not lose faith. Imitating Mary means trusting the Lord also, and above all, in the moment of tribulation". So did Father Alberto Valentini, a Montfortian Mariologist. "The Blessed Virgin and the beloved disciple - he underlines - can be represented by health workers and by all those who, in this dramatic time affected by the pandemic, struggle and are committed to ending this scourge".

Ccee: "Light a candle in front of the window tonight"
A small flame for a great message of hope: this is the meaning of the candle that Catholics are invited to light this evening, Easter Eve, in front of the window. The invitation comes from Cardinals Angelo Bagnasco and Jean-Claude Hollerich, respectively president of the Council of European Bishops 'Conferences (CCEE) and president of the Commission of the European Union Bishops' Conferences (COMECE). "It is a small but symbolic gesture of hope - reads a note published on the CCEE website - in this historical and dramatic moment in which millions of people in Europe and in the rest of the world are affected by great suffering and uncertainty caused by the pandemic of the Covid-19 ".

Archbishop Bressan: "Make the message of God's victory over death resound"
Ecumenical prayer resounds strongly in Lombardy today. "The announcement of Easter, of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ - explains Mgr Luca Bressan, episcopal vicar of the diocese of Milan - falls this year in a difficult moment of our life, which sees us all prisoners and frightened by the wake of death and tears that the health emergency created by the coronavirus has sown in our lands ". "The Christian Churches added - they feel the task of making the message of God's victory over death even more urgent".

"Shroud tells us not to lose hope"
"This face disfigured by wounds communicates great peace. His gaze does not seek our eyes but our heart, it is as if he were telling us: trust, do not lose hope; the strength of God's love, the strength of the Risen One everything wins. #SacraSindone ". Pope Francis wrote it in a tweet, on the day of the extraordinary exhibition of the Holy Shroud wanted in the afternoon - at 5 pm - by the archbishop of Turin, Monsignor Cesare Nosiglia, during a prayer for Holy Saturday during the coronavirus emergency.

This face disfigured by wounds communicates great peace. His gaze does not seek our eyes but our heart, it is as if he were telling us: have confidence, do not lose hope; the strength of God's love, the strength of the Risen One overcomes everything. #SacraSindone pic.twitter.com/NqM4IZ4709

- Pope Francis (@Pontifex_it) April 11, 2020
Way of the cross. Listening boom, almost 8 million viewers
Listening boom for the 'Rite of the Via Crucis', celebrated by Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square, which obtained 7,927,000 viewers on Rai1 and a share of 25.57%, conquering prime time yesterday evening.

# 10April #PapaFrancesco the video of the #ViaCrucis pic.twitter.com/NWaMVb95NI

- Vatican News (@vaticannews_it) April 10, 2020