File photo of Pope Francis giving his Easter Urbi et Orbi address
By Deborah Castellano Lubov
Mar 1 2024
The Holy See Press Office releases the official calendar of Pope Francis’ Liturgical Celebrations for March 2024, which includes Holy Week and Easter Sunday celebrations, as well as the Via Crucis at the Colosseum.
The Vatican’s Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff has released the Pope’s liturgical schedule for March, which includes all the celebrations leading up to Holy Week and throughout Easter Sunday.
On Sunday, Mar 24, Palm Sunday, Pope Francis will preside over Holy Mass in St Peter’s Square.
Later that week, on Holy Thursday morning, the Pope will preside over the Chrism Mass in St Peter’s Basilica.
The next evening, on Good Friday, the Pontiff is scheduled to preside over the celebration of the Passion of the Lord in St Peter’s Basilica, before presiding over the Via Crucis in Rome’s iconic Colosseum.
As is customary, the Pope will also preside over the Easter Vigil Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Holy Saturday evening, and the Easter Sunday Mass in St Peter’s Square, the next morning.
At noon on Easter Sunday, from the central loggia of St Peter’s Basilica, the Holy Father will give his Urbi et Orbi (“to the city and the world”) message, and blessing, upon the faithful of Rome and the world.
Here is the full calendar of the liturgical celebrations:
Mar 24: Palm Sunday: Passion of the Lord
St Peter’s Square
10:00 am
PAPAL CHAPEL
Commemoration of the Lord’s entrance into Jerusalem and Holy Mass
Mar 28: Holy Thursday
St Peter’s Basilica
9:30 am
Chrism Mass
Mar 29: Good Friday “Passion of the Lord”
St Peter’s Basilica
5:00 pm
PAPAL CHAPEL
Celebration of the Passion of the Lord
Colosseum
9:15 pm
Way of the Cross
Mar 30: Easter Sunday “Resurrection of the Lord”
St Peter’s Basilica
7:30 pm
PAPAL CHAPEL
Easter Vigil on Holy Night
Mar 31: Easter Sunday “Resurrection of the Lord”
St Peter’s Square
10:00 am
PAPAL CHAPEL
Daytime Mass
Central Loggia of St Peter’s Basilica
12:00 pm
“Blessing ‘Urbi et Orbi'”
