“Man Can Kill the Body, But Not Love” — Pope Leo XIV’s First Easter Vigil Homily Confronts the Powers of Death

The pope stood in St. Peter’s Basilica on Holy Saturday night and declared that no tomb can imprison the God of love. His message to a world at war landed with the force of scripture itself.

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Pope Leo XIV delivered his first Easter Vigil homily on Saturday night in St. Peter’s Basilica, standing before thousands of candles lit from a single Paschal flame.

The occasion — the “mot…