On Easter morning at 10am Rome time, Pope Francis will give the annual blessing “Urbi et Orbi” (“to the city and the world”). A plenary indulgence is available to anyone who watchers – even on television or the internet. The tradition of the blessing, which is also given at Christmas, dates back to Pope Gregory X in the 13th century.

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Saturday the 20th sees the publication of The Catholic Gentleman by Samuel Guzman, founder of a website with the same name. Published by Ignatius, it asks what masculinity means today – and “What real holiness is and how to achieve it”.