At the Regina Caeli on Easter Monday in St Peter’s Square, Pope Leo XIV warned that the truth is increasingly obscured by “fake news” and paid tribute to his predecessor, Pope Francis.
Francis died on April 21, 2025, Easter Monday, at the age of 88. Remembering him, the Pope said: “In the light of the Risen Lord, we remember Pope Francis today with special affection,” and praised his “great witness of faith and love.”
Drawing on the Gospel account of the empty tomb, Pope Leo highlighted the contrasting reports that followed the discovery of Christ’s Resurrection. He noted that while the women who encountered the risen Lord announced what they had seen, the guards offered a conflicting account, claiming that the body had been taken. From the same event, he said, emerged two opposing narratives.
