Pope Francis Calls For Peace Around The World In Easter Sunday Message

VATICAN CITY (CBSNEWS/AP) – On Christianity’s most joyful day, Pope Francis in his Easter Sunday message called for peace in a world marked by war and conflict, “beginning with the beloved and long-suffering land of Syria,” and extending to the entire Middle East, the Korean peninsula and parts of Africa affected by “hunger, endemic conflicts and terrorism.”
Francis reflected on the power of Christianity’s core belief — that Jesus rose from the dea