By Deutsche Welle
Pope Leo XIV called this Sunday to “choose peace” and denounced indifference to wars, in his first Easter message, marked by the conflict in the Middle East.
From East Timor to Spain, passing through Jerusalem and Lebanon, Catholics around the world celebrate this holiday that commemorates the resurrection of Christmarred by the war against the Islamic regime of Iran.
In the Vatican, in a St. Peter’s Square adorned with thousands of flowers and under a radiant sun, Leo XIV celebrated Easter Mass for the first time since his election in May 2025, in a festive atmosphere, accompanied by trumpets and liturgical songs.
“We are getting used to violence, we resign ourselves to it and we become indifferent. Indifferent to the death of thousands of people. Indifferent to the consequences of hatred and division that conflicts sow”, as well as their “economic and social consequences”, expressed the Supreme Pontiff during his traditional blessing urbi et orbi (to the city and the world).
