Pope Francis called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the release of all Israeli hostages in his traditional Easter Sunday address, which marks one of the most important days in the Christian calendar. “Let us not allow the current hostilities to continue to have grave repercussions on the civil population, by now at the limit of its endurance, and above all on the children. How much suffering we see in children’s eyes! Those children in that land of war have forgotten how to smile,” the pontiff said.
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