My fellow Catholics: Don’t read this article about the papal election

Published April 22, 2025 5:04pm ET

Who shows up at a morning Mass on Easter Monday?

It is a tiny portion of regular Mass-going Catholics who go to any given daily Mass. This day, in particular, offers more reasons not to attend: Many Catholics have just spent about eight hours in church over the past few days — Tenebrae, Holy Thursday Mass, the veneration of the Cross, the Stations of the Cross, and Easter Vigil Mass.