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An estimated 50,000 people were in St. Peter's Square for the pope's Easter Sunday Mass.
Pope Francis did not preside over the Easter Vigil Mass, but he delivered the homily and baptized seven people.
‘War is everywhere,’ he told interviewer Lorena Bianchetti.
‘The priest with a functionalist mindset has his own nourishment, which is his ego,’ he said.
The pope will visit the prison of Civitavecchia, outside Rome.
The two men prayed together ‘after a brief and affectionate conversation.’
The pope described war as ‘a blasphemous betrayal of the Lord of Passover.’
Pope Francis reflected on Jesus’ words: “Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.”
“Let the weapons be put down. Let the Easter truce begin,” Pope Francis urged.
The pope pointed to the example of Bl. Rosario Livatino, a Catholic judge killed by the mafia.
The pope held up a blue and yellow flag which he said was brought to him from “the martyred city” of Bucha, Ukraine.
The pope made the comments during a reflection on his recent trip to Malta at his weekly general audience.
Healthcare workers “have given their lives during this pandemic to help so many sick people recover,” Pope Francis said.
The pope accepted Turkson’s resignation as head of Vatican’s social development office in December.
Pope Francis on Saturday said a papal visit to Kyiv is "on the table," raising the possibility of a dramatic escalation of the Holy See's diplomatic and spiritual effort to bring about an end to the fighting that has raged in Ukraine since Russia invaded the country on Feb. 24.
“I want to say to you with all my heart: I am very sorry,” Pope Francis said.
The pope underlined that the Church in particular is called to help those with disabilities to “make their voices heard.”
The pope said that ‘the rhetoric of inclusion is the ritual formula of every politically correct discourse.’
Cardinal Antonios Naguib died in Cairo at the age of 87.
‘Everyone has the obligation to recognize, respect, and bear witness to the Catholic identity of the school,’ the new document says.