Anonymousabout 2 hours ago
Pope Leo XIV used his first Easter Urbi et Orbi address to quote his predecessor's dying words about the "globalization of indifference" to war, calling on those with power to choose peace through dialogue. The speech came against a backdrop of 46 active armed conflicts worldwide, restricted Easter worship for Christians in Jerusalem and Tehran, and a global arms trade that rose nearly 10% in the last five years — raising questions about whether moral exhortation from the Vatican can alter structural incentives that sustain war.