Easter Naturalized: The Void Where Doctrine Should Be
The Vatican News portal reports on the Easter Vigil homily delivered by “Cardinal” Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin “Patriarch” of Jerusalem, at the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre on April 4, 2026. Amid war and division, Pizzaballa framed Easter as a story of listening, divine entry into human suffering, and the rolling away of stones of despair. He emphasized God’s action in darkness, the empty tomb as a sign of transformed reality, and the call for Christians to become “living stones” of reconciliation. The homily, however, is a masterclass in conciliar naturalism, systematically evacuating the supernatural essence of the Resurrection and reducing it to a vague, humanistic hope.
