‘Hope and dignity’: Pope Francis calls for peace in Easter message

Vatican City • On Christianity’s most joyful day, Pope Francis called for peace in a world marked by war and conflict, “beginning with the beloved and long-suffering land of Syria” and extending to Israel, where 15 Palestinians were killed on the Israeli-Gaza border two days before Easter Sunday.Francis reflected on the power of Christianity’s core belief — that Jesus rose from the dead after his crucifixion — in his formal “Urbi et Orbi” East