{"id":2769,"date":"2006-04-23T08:18:31","date_gmt":"2006-04-23T08:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/04\/divine-mercy-and-pascha.html"},"modified":"2006-04-23T08:18:31","modified_gmt":"2006-04-23T08:18:31","slug":"divine-mercy-and-pascha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/04\/divine-mercy-and-pascha.html","title":{"rendered":"Divine Mercy and Pascha"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pope at today’s Regina Coeli:<\/a><\/p>\n

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At the end of the ceremony, his first greetings were in Greek and Russian to wish Happy Easter to the Orthodox Churches, which are celebrating Easter today.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy best regards go to our brothers of the Eastern Churches which are celebrating Easter today,\u201d Benedict XVI said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMay the Risen Lord bring to all the gifts of His Light and Peace. Christos anesti<\/em>! Christos vaskries<\/em>!\u201d <\/p>\n

He added: \u201cIn the joyful atmosphere of this day I cannot forget that many of these [Orthodox] populations, in Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria, are suffering as a result of recent flooding.<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough praying I am close to them and truly hope that with everyone\u2019s help they can quickly overcome these difficult moments.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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