Pope Leo urges peace in first Easter Mass as Christians celebrate in Jerusalem, Gaza and Tehran
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Pope Leo XIV greets the faithful at the end of Easter Mass he presided over Sunday in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.
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Pope Leo XIV delivers the Urbi et Orbi blessing, Latin for "to the city of Rome and to the world," from the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica at the end of Easter Mass he presided over Sunday in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.
Alessandra Tarantino, Associated Press
Pope Leo XIV sprinkles holy water with a bunch of hyssop sprigs as he presides over Easter Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday at the Vatican.
COLLEEN BARRY and PAOLO SANTALUCIA Associated Press
VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Easter Mass as pontiff with a call Sunday to lay down arms and seek peace to global conflicts through dialogue, but he departed from a tradition of listing the world's woes by name in the Urbi et Orbi blessing from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica.
Pope Leo XIV delivers the Urbi et Orbi blessing, Latin for "to the city of Rome and to the world," from the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica at the end of Easter Mass he presided over Sunday in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.
