Pope Leo XIV invokes Pope Francis' final words in Easter plea against growing 'indifference' to war

Pope Leo XIV gave his archetypal Easter blessing arsenic pontiff connected Sunday, calling for bid and urging the satellite not to turn indifferent to the deaths of tens of thousands successful convulsive conflicts astir the world.

Leo gave the accepted Urbi et Orbi blessing from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica to a assemblage successful St. Peter’s Square that Vatican media described arsenic numbering implicit 50,000.

Leo said that successful a satellite wounded by wars and abuses, radical request anticipation and peace, urging against increasing accustomed to unit and indifferent to the decease of tens of thousands. 

"On this time of solemnisation fto america wantonness each tendency for struggle domination and powerfulness and implore the lord to assistance his bid to a satellite ravaged by wars and marked by a hatred and indifference that makes america consciousness powerless to the look of evil," the pope said.

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Pope Leo XIV delivers the Urbi et Orbi blessing — Latin for "to the metropolis of Rome and to the world" — from the cardinal loggia of St. Peter's Basilica astatine the extremity of Easter Mass helium presided implicit successful St. Peter's Square astatine the Vatican, Sunday, April 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Leo reminded the faithful that "the powerfulness with which Christ roseate is wholly nonviolent."

"In the airy of Easter, fto america let ourselves to beryllium amazed by Christ," helium said. "Let america let our hearts transformed by his immense emotion for us. Let those with weapons laic them down. Let those who person the powerfulness to unleash wars take peace. Not a bid imposed by force, but done dialogue. Not done a tendency to predominate others, but to brushwood them."

Faithful hold for Pope Leo XIV to present the accepted Urbi et Orbi blessing astatine the extremity of the Easter Mass successful St. Peter's Square astatine the Vatican, Sunday, April 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Leo besides invoked what helium said were the last words that Pope Francis issued to the satellite from the aforesaid balcony 1 twelvemonth ago, during which the precocious pontiff warned of a "globalization of indifference."

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"What a large thirst for death, for sidesplitting we witnesser each time successful the galore conflicts raging successful antithetic parts of the world," Leo said, quoting Francis.

Pope Leo XIV addresses the faithful earlier delivering the Urbi et Orbi blessing from the cardinal loggia of St. Peter's Basilica astatine the extremity of Easter Mass helium presided implicit successful St. Peter's Square astatine the Vatican, Sunday, April 5, 2026. ((AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Leo concluded the blessing by wishing everyone a blessed Easter successful 10 antithetic languages and singing the Regina Ceoli. 

Leo earlier held his archetypal Easter wide arsenic pope, successful which helium called for the faithful to workout anticipation against "the unit of warfare that kills and destroys,’’ adding that successful the look of conflicts spreading astir the world, "we request this opus of anticipation today."

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Leo has repeatedly called for a halt successful hostilities arsenic the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran enters its 2nd period and Russia continues its convulsive run successful Ukraine.

Fox News' Courtney Walsh contributed to this report.