[HIGHLIGHTS] For Easter, the Pope calls for “not to give in to the logic of weapons”

For Easter, the Pope calls for “not to give in to the logic of weapons”. Citing more than a dozen countries, from the Middle East (Lebanon, Syria) to Africa (Sudan, Mozambique and Democratic Republic of Congo) The 87-year-old pope also urged "a general exchange of all prisoners between Russia and Ukraine", a phrase applauded by the 60,000 faithful gathered in St.

Peter's Square. “War is always an absurdity and a defeat! Let us not let the winds of war blow ever stronger on Europe and the Mediterranean,” added the Argentine Pope.