Bishop Joseph Strickland, discussing the importance of the Easter holiday on Newsmax Sunday, said the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ was the “event that changed the world and established the Catholic church.”
“Its purpose is to proclaim this great event of the saving grace of God through his son, Jesus Christ,” Strickland, the bishop emeritus of the diocese of Tyler, Texas, told Newsmax’s “Wake Up America Weekend.”
“It is the greatest event in our faith, and we believe the greatest event that has happened to humanity since creation,” he added. “It is a renewal of creation through God’s son, sacrificing himself in the rising from the dead, showing us that he is the Lord of life.”
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