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Pope Leo calls for peace, dialogue amid Ukraine, Iran wars in Easter mass

Pope Leo celebrated his first Easter Mass as pontiff with a call on Sunday to lay down arms and seek peace to global conflicts through dialogue, but he departed from a tradition of listing the worldโ€™s woes by name in the Urbi et Orbi blessing from the loggia of St. Peterโ€™s Basilica. Leo, the first US-born pope, emphasised Easterโ€™s message of hope as a celebration of Jesusโ€™ resurrection after being crucified, in both the blessing and his homily. โ€œLet us allow our hearts to be transformed by his...