Read the full text of Pope Francis’s message on Easter Sunday

Sitting in his wheelchair, a frail Pope Francis looked out from the balcony overlooking the square and spoke briefly into a microphone, greeting the crowd with the words: “Dear brothers and sisters, happy Easter!” Today at last, the singing of the ‘alleluia’ is heard once more in the Church, passing from mouth to mouth, from heart to heart, and this makes the people of God throughout the world shed tears of joy. From the empty tomb in Jerusalem, we hear unexpected good news: Jesus, who was crucified, “is not here,...