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Pope Leo XIV urges peace in Easter sermon, warns of “globalization of indifference"

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Pope Leo XIV harkened back to the words of his predecessor Sunday as he delivered his first Easter blessing.

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  1. NBC Los Angeles

    Pope Leo marks first Easter as pontiff with call for hope amid global conflicts (opens NBC Los Angeles)

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    Pope Leo celebrated his first Easter Mass as pontiff with a call Sunday to exercise hope against “the violence of war that kills and destroys.’’

  2. WTOP Washington DC

    Pope Leo XIV urges peace in first Easter Mass, skips naming conflicts in Urbi et Orbi (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    VATICAN CITY (AP) — 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…

  3. Breitbart News

    Pope Leo XIV Marks First Easter as Pontiff with Calls For Peace (opens Breitbart News)

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    Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Easter Mass as pontiff with a call to lay down arms and seek peace to global conflicts through dialogue.

  4. Fox32 Chicago

    Pope Leo XIV urges peace in Easter sermon, warns of “globalization of indifference" (opens Fox32 Chicago)

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    Pope Leo XIV harkened back to the words of his predecessor Sunday as he delivered his first Easter blessing.

  5. WHDH Boston

    Pope Leo urges peace in first Easter Mass as Christians celebrate in Jerusalem, Gaza and Tehran - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    VATICAN CITY (AP) — 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

  6. KVIA El Paso

    Pope Leo urges those who ‘unleash wars’ to choose peace in his first Easter message (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    By Christopher Lamb, Billy Stockwell, CNN Rome (CNN) — Pope Leo XIV called for dialogue and for those with the power to unleash wars to choose peace, in his first Easter Sunday message since becoming the head of the Catholic Church last year. Speaking from the balcony of St.

  7. WDIO Duluth

    Pope Leo urges peace in first Easter Mass as Christians celebrate in Jerusalem, Gaza and Tehran (opens WDIO Duluth)

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    Pope Leo XIV has celebrated his first Easter Mass as pontiff, urging peace through dialogue and calling for an end to conflicts worldwide. He departed from tradition by not listing global woes in his Urbi et Orbi blessing. Leo, the first U.S.

  8. Newsweek

    Pope Leo XIV leads first Easter vigil, calls for world peace (opens Newsweek)

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    The pope led his first Easter Vigil with a plea for peace amid war, as the White House has pushed back on his Palm Sunday remarks.

  9. The Columbian

    Pope Leo calls for global peace (opens The Columbian)

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    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 lis

  10. Los Angeles Times

    Pope Leo issues antiwar message in his first Easter Mass (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Easter Mass as pontiff, urging peace through dialogue and calling for an end to conflicts worldwide at a time of war in the Middle East, Ukraine and elsewhere.

  11. ABC 13 Houston

    Pope Leo urges peace in first Easter Mass, skips naming wars in Urbi et Orbi (opens ABC 13 Houston)

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    Pope Leo XIV has celebrated his first Easter Mass as pontiff, urging peace through dialogue and calling for an end to conflicts worldwide.

  12. Seattle Times

    Pope Leo urges peace in first Easter Mass as Christians celebrate in Jerusalem and Tehran (opens Seattle Times)

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    Pope Leo XIV has celebrated his first Easter Mass as pontiff, urging peace through dialogue and calling for an end to conflicts worldwide.

  13. Delaware Public Media

    Pope Leo appeals for peace in Easter address (opens Delaware Public Media)

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    Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Easter as pope on Sunday in Rome, and he called for world leaders involved in global conflicts to lay down their arms.

  14. New York Post

    Leo XIV celebrates first Easter vigil as pope, calls for harmony and peace in a world torn by war (opens New York Post)

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    Pope Leo XIV used his first Easter vigil to highlight that the holiday will lead to harmony and peace after the wars that have occurred in Ukraine and Iran.

  15. CBS News

    Pope Leo XIV calls for hope amid global conflicts on his first Easter as pontiff (opens CBS News)

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    Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Easter Mass as pontiff, urging hope against the violence of war.

  16. Fox News

    Pope Leo XIV invokes Pope Francis' final words in Easter plea against growing 'indifference' to war (opens Fox News)

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    Pope Leo XIV delivered his first Easter Urbi et Orbi blessing from St. Peter's Basilica, urging those with weapons to lay them down and choose peace through dialogue.

  17. Charleston Gazette-Mail

    In 1st Easter Mass, Pope Leo urges peace; Christians celebrate in Jerusalem, Gaza, Tehran (opens Charleston Gazette-Mail)

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    Pope Leo XIV has celebrated his first Easter Mass as pontiff, urging peace through dialogue and calling for an end to conflicts worldwide. He departed from tradition by not listing

  18. Washington Examiner

    Pope Leo calls on those who 'unleash wars' to 'choose peace' in first Easter Mass (opens Washington Examiner)

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    In his first Easter Mass as pontiff, Pope Leo XIV called for peace and an end to the current military conflicts in the world.

  19. NPR

    Pope Leo calls for peace and an end to world conflicts in first Easter Mass (opens NPR)

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    Pope Leo delivered his first Easter Mass as pope with a call for world leaders to choose peace over war.

  20. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Pope Leo urges peace in Easter Mass speech | Arkansas Democrat Gazette (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    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.

  21. WSVN Miami

    Pope Leo urges peace in first Easter Mass as Christians celebrate in Jerusalem, Gaza and Tehran - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports (opens WSVN Miami)

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    VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Easter Mass as pontiff with a call Sunday to lay down arms and seek peace

  22. Philadelphia Inquirer

    On Easter, Pope Leo delivers commanding message of peace to a world at war (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Pope Leo XIV used his first Easter speech Sunday to declare, “Let those who have weapons lay them down!”

  23. WMUR

    Pope Leo urges peace in first Easter Mass (opens WMUR)

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    The first U.S.-born pope emphasized Easter’s message of hope as a celebration of Jesus’ resurrection after being crucified.

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