VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis urged the world in his Easter message on Sunday to use the “weapons of love” to combat the evil of “blind and brutal violence”, following the attacks in Brussels.
After a week of somber religious events commemorating Jesus’ death, Francis said an Easter Sunday Mass under tight security for tens of thousands of people in a sun-drenched St. Peter’s Square.
Afterwards, in his traditional, twice-yearly Urbi et Orbi (to the city and the world) message, he spoke of violence, injustice and threats to peace in many parts of the world.
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Source: Newsweek
