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<b>Vatican City's Easter 2026 stamp</b></center>
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<b><center>HAPPY EASTER</b></center>
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We want to once again wish everyone in VPS, along with your friends and family, a very Happy Easter.  We hope you had a wonderful and fulfilling holiday.  For those of you who may have missed it yesterday (with everything else going on), the link below will bring you to the Easter message presented on yesterday’s Daily Page from Father Gaurav Shroff, our friend and fellow VPS member currently in Rome and at the Vatican.
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<button><a href='https://vaticanstamps.org/vpsrobot/diaryviewer.php?gdate=2026-04-05'>Easter Message</a></button>
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<b><center>HOLY WEEK AT THE VATICAN</b></center>
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Pope Leo XIV participated in several Holy Week ceremonies over the last few days.  Perhaps the most striking was his carrying of the cross as part of the Via Crucis event at the Colosseum in Rome on Good Friday evening.  He wrapped up Easter with his "Urbi et Orbi" address from the central loggia at Saint Peter’s Basilica.  Prior to the message, he announced that he will preside over a Prayer Vigil for Peace, which will be held at Saint Peter’s on this coming Saturday, April 11.
The links below bring the reader to the Via Crucis ceremony and to a transcript of the pope’s "Urbi et Orbi" address.
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<button><a href='https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/events/event.dir.html/content/vaticanevents/en/2026/4/3/via-crucis.html'>Via Crucis 2026</a></button>
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<button><a href='https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/messages/urbi/documents/20260405-urbi-et-orbi-pasqua.html'>Urbi et Orbi, Easter 2026</a></button>
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