POPE ADDRESSES SUFFERING IN EASTER MESSAGE
VATICAN CITY On Christianity’s most joyful day, Pope Francis lamented the horrors generated by war and hatred, delivering an Easter Sunday message that also decried the “latest vile” attack on civilians in Syria.
Both in his impromptu homily during Mass in St. Peter’s Square and later in his formal Urbi et Orbi Easter message delivered from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, Francis reflected on a litany of suffering in the world, including wars, oppressive regimes, human trafficking, corruption, famine and domestic violence.