The pope declared his appeal in his \u00ab\u00a0Urbi et Orbi\u00a0\u00bb (to the city and the world) speech from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican to tens of thousands of people.<\/b>
\nPope Francis has called for peace in \u00ab\u00a0the entire world, beginning with the beloved and long-suffering land of Syria, whose people are worn down by an apparently endless war,\u00a0\u00bb and mentioned Israel, where 15 Palestinians were shot on the Israeli-Gaza border two days before Easter Sunday.
\u00ab\u00a0This Easter, may the light of the risen Christ illumine the consciences of all political and military leaders, so that a swift end may be brought to the carnage in a course\u2026 \u00a0\u00bb he said.
Today we repeat that wondrous proclamation: \u201cThe Lord is truly risen, as He said!\u201d. A Blessed Easter to you all!
The pontiff stated that the message of the resurrection offers hope in a world \u00ab\u00a0marked by so many acts of injustice and violence,\u00a0\u00bb including areas of Africa plagued by \u00ab\u00a0hunger, endemic conflicts, and terrorism.\u00a0\u00bb
#PopeFrancis in #UrbietOrbi: \u00ab\u00a0We Christians believe and know that Christ\u2019s resurrection is the true hope of the world, the hope that does not disappoint.\u00a0\u00bb #Easter pic.twitter.com\/cdS5N5nVCo
\u00ab\u00a0It bears the fruits of hope and dignity where there are deprivation and exclusion, hunger and unemployment; where there are migrants and refugees, so often rejected by today’s culture of waste, and victims of the drug trade, human trafficking and contemporary forms of slavery,\u00a0\u00bb the pope said.
Pope Francis asked for a \u00ab\u00a0swift end\u00a0\u00bb to the seven years of carnage in Syria, requesting that aid be transferred to the war-torn country’s people in need and calling for \u00ab\u00a0fitting conditions for the returned and the displaced.\u00a0\u00bb
The pope has also requested reconciliation in Israel, a place \u00ab\u00a0experiencing in these days the wounds of the ongoing conflict that do not spare the defenseless,\u00a0\u00bb and called for peace in divided Ukraine, the Korean peninsula, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo, appealing for the world not to forget the victims of conflicts, especially children.
\u00ab\u00a0May there be no lack of solidarity with all those forced to leave their native lands and lacking the bare essentials for living,\u00a0\u00bb said Francis, who has often defended migrants and refugees.
Francis, who is celebrating his sixth Easter as the head of the Roman Catholic Church since his election in 2013, asked his listeners to work to end the \u00ab\u00a0so many acts of injustice\u00a0\u00bb in the world.<\/p>\n

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