Pope Francis, in Easter address, calls for Gaza ceasefire

'With their eyes, children ask us: Why? Why all this death? Why all this destruction? War is always an absurdity and a defeat,' says Pope Francis

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The pontiff presided over Mass in a packed and flower-bedecked St Peter’s Square, and then delivered his “Urbi et Orbi” blessing and message from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica on March 31. After the service, Francis took to his open-topped popemobile to greet crowds in the square and the avenue connecting St Peter’s to the River Tiber. The Vatican said about 60,000 people had turned up.Francis has repeatedly deplored the death and destruction in the Gaza war and he renewed his call for a ceasefire on Sunday.

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