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In first Easter blessing as pontiff, Pope Leo XIV urges those who can unleash wars to 'choose peace'

In his first Easter blessing, Pope Leo XIV urged "those who have the power to unleash wars" to "choose peace" as Christians around the world celebrate Easter Sunday.

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00:01Catholic Christians gathered at Masses around the world on Easter Sunday to share the message of hope as a celebration
00:08of Jesus Christ's resurrection.
00:12During his first Easter blessing in St. Peter's Square, Pope Leo XIV took the opportunity to promote a message of
00:19peace, urging those who have the power to start wars to choose peace instead.
00:26Who has the power to start wars, choose peace, not a peace that is persecuted by force, but with dialogue,
00:38not with the will to dominate the other, but to meet him.
00:45Addressing more than 50,000 faithful, the pontiff warned against the globalization of indifference, echoing his predecessor, Pope Francis.
00:55The war has impacted the lives of Christian minorities in the Middle East.
00:59In the Holy Land, the historic alleyways of Jerusalem sat in haunting silence.
01:05Security restrictions turned the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the very site of the resurrection, into a limited zone for
01:12the few.
01:12And it is closely.
01:12It is gloriosa!
01:13.
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