On Easter, Pope calls for end to war, condemns waste exacerbating hunger

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On Easter, Pope calls for end to war, condemns waste exacerbating hunger

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/easter-pope-calls-end-war-condemns-waste-exacerbating-103542125.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Fv8_5SgUbcuUQ0pO7tXHrA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-04-20T103542Z_1_CBREA3J0TFP00_RTROPTP_2_POPE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Pope Francis waves as he arrives to deliver the Urbi et Orbi (to the city and the world) benediction at the end of the Easter Mass in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican" align="left" title="Pope Francis waves as he arrives to deliver the Urbi et Orbi (to the city and the world) benediction at the end of the Easter Mass in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican" border="0" /></a>By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis, in his Easter address before a huge crowd, on Sunday denounced the &quot;immense wastefulness&quot; in the world while many go hungry and called for an end to conflicts in Syria, Ukraine and Africa. &quot;We ask you, Lord Jesus, to put an end to all war and every conflict, whether great or small, ancient or recent,&quot; he said in his &quot;Urbi et Orbi&quot; (to the city and the world) message. Francis, marking the second Easter season of his pontificate, celebrated a Mass to an overflowing crowd of at least 150,000 in St. Peter's Square and beyond.</p><br clear="all"/>

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