VATICAN CITY - Spring flowers dot the landscape of St. Peter's Basilica as Pope Francis presided over Easter Liturgies, ushering in the Easter season. Since then, the pope continues his busy schedule meeting and praying with delegations and presenting remarks and catechesis.
Pope Francis greets a girl dressed in a traditional costume as he welcomes her and three other youngsters to take a ride with him in the popemobile before his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican April 12, 2023. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope Francis leads his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican April 12, 2023. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope Francis passes a sign in Italian that says, "An Embrace from Caravaggio," a town in northern Italy, before he leads his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican April 12, 2023. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
El Papa Francisco bendice a una religiosa al final de una reunión en el Vaticano con representantes de la Asociación Religiosa de Institutos Sociales y Sanitarios de Italia 13 de abril de 2023. (Foto de CNS /Vatican Media)
Pope Francis receives a gift of flowers from a family that is part of the Community of the Beatitudes, a group founded in France bringing together consecrated women, consecrated men and laypeople, including families, that form a single community with the same spirituality and mission. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope Francis receives a gift from a member of the Community of the Beatitudes, an "ecclesial family of consecrated life," with consecrated women, consecrated men and laypeople, including families, forming a single community with the same spirituality and mission. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Una niña va a dar un abrazo al Papa Francisco al final de su audiencia general semanal el 19 de abril de 2023, en la Plaza de San Pedro del Vaticano. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
El obispo John Arnold de Salford, Inglaterra, lee sus saludos al Papa Francisco durante una audiencia en el Vaticano el 20 de abril de 2023. El obispo formaba parte de una delegación interreligiosa de Manchester que incluía a representantes anglicanos, judíos, sijs e hindúes, que se comprometieron a hacer frente al cambio climático. (Foto de CNS/Vatican Media)
During an audience at the Vatican April 20, 2023, Andy Burnham, mayor of Greater Manchester, presents Pope Francis with a jersey signed by Lisandro Martínez, an Argentine professional soccer player who plays primarily for Premier League club Manchester United and Argentina's national team. Burnham was part of an interfaith delegation from Manchester meeting the pope to pledge their commitment to tackling climate change. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope Francis speaks to members and consultants of the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life during an audience at the Vatican April 22, 2023. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Léon Botolo Magoza and Marie-Valentine Kisanga Sosawe, a married couple from Congo who are consultants to the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life, greet Pope Francis at the end of an audience April 22, 2023, at the Vatican with participants in the dicastery's plenary meeting. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope Francis greets Santiago Pérez de Camino Gaisse, a staff member of the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life, Leticia Sánchez de León and their children during an audience at the Vatican April 22, 2023. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pilgrims holding drawings of a heart and a sign for the Sacred Heart Institute of Cadoneghe, Italy, join Pope Francis for the recitation of the "Regina Coeli" prayer April 23, 2023, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
