Pope Leo urges peace in first Easter Mass, skips naming wars in Urbi et Orbi

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Original Load Date April 5, 2026, 7 a.m.
Last Updated April 5, 2026, 7 a.m.
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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...