More than 1,800 priests gathered with cardinals and bishops at St. Peter’s Basilica for the Holy Thursday Chrism Mass, April 17, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA
Rome Newsroom, Apr 17, 2025 / 05:35 am (CNA).
OnHolyThursday,morethan1,880priests,bishopsandcardinalsrenewedthepromisesmadeattheirordinationsduringtheChrismMassinsideSt.Peter’sBasilica.
PopeFrancisdelegatedCardinalDomenicoCalcagno,aretiredVaticanofficialwhooversawtheHolySee’smanagementofrealestateandinvestmentsuntil2018,topresideovertheMassonApril17.
CalcagnoreadahomilywrittenbyPopeFrancis,whodidnotattendtheMassduetohisongoingconvalescencefollowingapriorhospitalizationfordoublepneumonia.
CardinalDomenicoCalcagnoreadsPopeFrancis’homilyduringtheChrismMassatSt.Peter’sBasilica,April17,2025.Credit:DanielIbáñez/CNA“OnHolyThursday,whenwerenewthepromisesmadeatourordination,weconfessthatwecanreadthathistoryonlyinthelightofJesusofNazareth,”PopeFranciswroteinthehomily.
“Jesus,‘wholovesusandfreedusfromoursinsbyhisblood’(Rev1:5)opensthes
