Easter Sunday

Arcs in the news about Easter Sunday from the outlets we track, each followed from its first story to its last, with who covered it.

Subject · 45 stories · 247 articles · earliest story we hold Mar 26, 2024

Right nowactive arcs, newest development first

Nothing ongoing. The last arc went quiet Apr 26, 2025.

All arcs1 named arc in 2025

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Pope Francis's pneumonia, hospitalization and death on Easter Monday 2025

31 of 65 stories this April · 3 about Easter Sunday · gone quiet

Pope makes surprise appearance at St. Peter's Square, 2 weeks after leaving hospital · 36 articles, Apr 6Pope Francis meets privately with King Charles and Queen Camilla during his Vatican convalescence · 14 articles, Apr 9Pope Francis greets crowds as he makes brief appearance after Palm Sunday service · 5 articles, Apr 13Convalescing Pope Francis opens Holy Week with in-person greeting in St. Peter's Square · 17 articles, Apr 13Pope Francis makes Easter appearance at the Vatican · 30 articles, Apr 17A recovering Pope Francis visits Rome prison to keep annual Holy Week appointment · 8 articles, Apr 17One of Pope Francis' last meetings was with Vice President JD Vance. Here's what they talked about. · 57 articles, Apr 18Pope Francis appears on Easter Sunday to cheers as he recovers from pneumonia · 7 articles, Apr 20Flags ordered to half-staff in honor of Pope Francis · 11 articles, Apr 21Pope Francis’ burial plans differ drastically from his predecessors’ · 12 articles, Apr 21Pope Francis' body moved to St. Peter's Basilica for public viewing · 23 articles, Apr 21Pope Francis dies at 88 · 214 articles, Apr 21Pope Francis converted to the environmental cause and denounced those he blamed for climate change · 9 articles, Apr 21Pope Francis’ cause of death revealed by the Vatican · 15 articles, Apr 21Tributes from world leaders pour in after Pope Francis' death · 17 articles, Apr 21Here's where Pope Francis will be buried · 15 articles, Apr 21Pope Francis: share your tributes and memories · 6 articles, Apr 21Pope Francis, voice for the poor who transformed the Catholic Church, dies on Easter Monday · 9 articles, Apr 21Canonization of first millennial saint, Carlo Acutis, postponed after Pope Francis death · 5 articles, Apr 21Pope Francis worried about greeting crowd in St. Peter's Square but was thankful he did, report says · 11 articles, Apr 22Pope Francis' body to lie in state before funeral on Saturday · 14 articles, Apr 22Catholic faithful pay their final respects to Pope Francis as public viewing begins · 14 articles, Apr 22When will Pope Francis' coffin be sealed? Public viewing ends, burial next · 18 articles, Apr 22How to watch Pope Francis' funeral · 75 articles, Apr 22Trump and Zelenskyy among dignitaries converging on Rome for funeral of Pope Francis · 32 articles, Apr 22Crowds line up to visit Pope Francis’ tomb in Rome as his last resting place opens to the public · 124 articles, Apr 22St. Peter's Basilica opens to the public to pay their respects to Pope Francis before his funeral · 10 articles, Apr 23Vatican keeps St. Peter's open all night as tens of thousands come to view Pope Francis · 11 articles, Apr 24Mighty and meek attend Pope Francis' funeral · 10 articles, Apr 26Pope Francis remembered as 'pope among the people' in funeral homily · 13 articles, Apr 26American Kielce Gussie does 1st reading at Pope Francis' funeral · 10 articles, Apr 26

Coverage over timeindependent sources per week, by side, every year we hold

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Mar 18, 20241001
Mar 25, 2024173716302
Apr 1, 2024172720219
Apr 7, 202513222
Apr 14, 2025132912153
Apr 21, 2025284025281
Apr 28, 202548843
Mar 30, 2026717681
Apr 6, 20261019784
Jul 27, 20261018
Sep 14, 20260012
Sep 21, 202627118
Sep 28, 20260011

Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

Everything else7 stories in 2025 not part of any arc, newest first

Stories about Easter Sunday that are not part of any arc yet

  1. Apr 17– 20Which stores are open and closed on Easter?34 articles · 12 independent sources
    2 left, 5 center, 3 right

Stories that name Easter Sunday

  1. Apr 27– 29Suspect arrested in Homeland Security Secretary Noem’s purse theft61 articles · 38 independent sources
    7 left, 10 center, 7 right
  2. Apr 25– 28Elizabeth Hurley cozies up to Billy Ray Cyrus on ‘Tennessee weekend’ after debuting romance6 articles · 4 independent sources
    0 left, 0 center, 2 right
  3. Apr 21Billy Ray Cyrus and Elizabeth Hurley appear to make their relationship Instagram official20 articles · 15 independent sources
    1 left, 3 center, 1 right
  4. Apr 20– 21Tornado-producing storm deals deadly weather to Oklahoma and Texas11 articles · 10 independent sources
    2 left, 3 center, 0 right
  5. Apr 19– 21As 'Easter truce' ends, what next for Ukraine peace effort? – DW71 articles · 41 independent sources
    7 left, 16 center, 7 right
  6. Apr 13– 14State Department wants staff to report instances of alleged anti-Christian bias during Biden's term10 articles · 9 independent sources
    0 left, 3 center, 1 right
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