Extremely rare: Four planets line up on this day

On April 20, four planets will dance precisely on one line. Astrologically, April is pretty turbulent. According to astrology, April is an intense month – for all of us. There’s the solar eclipse on April 30, the full pink moon on the 16th, and a few days ago, there was Jupiter-Neptune conjunction in the astrological sign of Pisces. This conjunction last occurred 150 years ago, in 1856. This position of the two planets is quite interesting because Jupiter and Neptune connect to the zodiac sign of Pisces. What is conjunction,…

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7,408 new corona infections on Easter Sunday in Austria

In the past 24 hours, 7,408 new coronavirus infections were registered in Austria. The highest number of cases occurred in Lower Austria on Easter Sunday (4/17/2022, 9:30 a.m.). Seven thousand four hundred eight new infections with the coronavirus have been registered in Austria in the past 24 hours. This is below the average of 9,405 cases per day over the past seven days, according to figures from the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of the Interior (as of 9:30 a.m. Sunday). Seven-day incidence drops to 733 cases in Austria.…

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Pope gave blessing “Urbi et Orbi” and pleaded for world peace.

In front of tens of thousands of people, Pope Francis gave the “Urbi et Orbi” (“to the city and the world”) blessing in St. Peter’s Square in Rome on Easter Sunday. The faithful, who returned to the celebration after the two Corona cancellations in 2020 and 2021, followed the ceremony in St. Peter’s Square in spring weather. The Holy Father made an urgent appeal for peace in Ukraine. “Our eyes are skeptical in this Easter of war. We have seen too much bloodshed, too much violence. Our hearts have been…

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Easter colder than Christmas

Easter is colder than Christmas in large parts of Austria. We had up to 12 degrees; now, it reaches only 9 degrees in some places. Yet we’ve already been in the middle of spring for a month … Easter SundayMost of Austria is sunny but windy and cool. There will be fog or some clouds in places, for example, in the Pinzgau or parts of the Mühlviertel and Waldviertel, but there will be about 10 hours of sunshine everywhere. From north to the east, the wind will be brisk again…

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Christ’s Resurrection: hope lights into the darkness

 “Crucified, died, and buried. Descended into the realm of death. Risen from the dead on the third day.” – How often have Christians worldwide spoken, in different languages, these words that summarize what happened to Jesus of Nazareth in the hours from Good Friday to Easter Sunday? Over two thousand years ago. Jesus rose from the dead as the Crucified One, breaking the power of death and all the forces that seek to bind us. “Jesus Christ is risen; he is truly risen!” This is what I believe; this is…

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Government extended the validity of Green Pass for 365 days

Since Holy Saturday, the new expiration dates are in the app: new rules apply to the Green Pass. This now applies to vaccinated, recovered, and boostered.Since Holy Saturday, the new Corona rules apply: Among them, in addition to a large-scale phase-out of mandatory masks and 3Gs, are changes to the Green Pass, the Europe-wide Corona ID card. The validity differences of the Green Passport at a glanceThe government has now extended the validity, but only after primary immunization has been completed (three vaccinations). The Green Pass is now valid for…

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Pope calls for “gestures of peace” in St. Peter’s Basilica

Pope Francis participated in the Easter Vigil ceremony at St. Peter’s Basilica on Saturday evening with thousands of faithful pilgrims. The pope, plagued by knee and hip pain, could not preside over the Easter Vigil Mass himself for the first time. Instead, he participated in the service from a chair in front of the pews of the faithful. Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals, was the principal celebrant. Pope Francis himself read the sermon. Some 5,500 people took part in the atmospheric ceremony. The rite began…

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8,996 new corona infections on Holy Saturday in Austria

On Holy Saturday, below 10,000 new Corona infections were again reported in Austria. Specifically, there were 8,996 new infections with the coronavirus. Eight thousand nine hundred ninety-six new infections with the coronavirus and 17 deaths from or with covid-19 have been registered in the past 24 hours. The number of infections is below the previous seven-day average of 9,866, according to Health and Interior Ministry figures (as of 9:30 a.m. Saturday). Meanwhile, the seven-day incidence declined and stood at 769 per 100,000 population on Saturday. The number of hospital patients…

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Corona rules are further relaxed

From Holy Saturday, new Corona rules apply. There are day and night in the catering trade no more restrictions. FFP2 masks can only be worn in settings such as vital trade, public transport, and hospitals and nursing homes. In other businesses as well as at events, the obligation is dropped. The validity of the Green Passport is extended to one year for triple vaccinated persons. The latter has significance, especially for travel abroad. Because the G-rules in Austria hardly exist where. In hospitals, nursing, rehabilitation, or disabled facilities, vaccination, recovery,…

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