An organist from Notre Dame Cathedral – performing an April 26 benefit concert in Washington for the reconstruction of the iconic Parisian church – will end his program, fittingly, with a piece about Christ’s resurrection.

Though far away from the center of the action in Rome, Bishop Celestino Aos, the temporary head of the embattled Archdiocese of Santiago, Chile, has a tough job. He’s replacing a cardinal being investigated for cover-up of clerical sexual abuse, whose predecessor is also being questioned by local prosecutors.During the Easter season, Bishop Aos might have made his own job even harder when on Holy Thursday during the Chrism Mass he was filmed denying communion to at least two faithful who were kneeling down.

As the machine of warfare continues to churn out more dangerous weaponry, only the power and joy of Christ’s resurrection can fill hearts with comfort and peace, Pope Francis said before giving his Easter blessing.

One thing was clear when Currents News traveled to Paris to report on the aftermath of the Notre Dame Cathedral fire; it was a great loss, but all wasn’t lost. Holy Week and Easter continued as they always do, yet this year, many believers said things just ‘felt different.’

Resurrection Sunday in Paris this year served as a reminder that, for Catholics, salvation and new life are the essence of their faith.

Jesus’ gesture of washing his disciples’ feet, an act once reserved to servants and slaves, is one that all Christians, especially bishops, must imitate, Pope Francis told hundreds of inmates and prison employees on Holy Thursday.

At the end of a highly unusual spiritual retreat for the political leaders of warring factions, Pope Francis knelt at the feet of the leaders of South Sudan, begging them to give peace a chance and to be worthy “fathers of the nation.”