Pope Francis urges peace and prayers for Ukraine and Russia in Easter message.

Pope Francis appealed for dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians following recent violence and asked Russians to seek the truth about their country's invasion of Ukraine in his Easter message to the world on Sunday. He also called for peace in the Middle East and expressed concern over the attacks of these last few days that threaten the hoped-for climate of trust and reciprocal respect. Francis mentioned instability in Lebanon, expressed the hope that the "martyred Rohingya people" of Myanmar "may encounter justice", and called for more aid for the victims of earthquakes in February that killed nearly 56,000 people in Turkey and Syria.