Sunday, March 31, 2013

St. Peter's Square on Easter Sunday

In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis delivers the Urbi et Orbi (to the city and to the world) blessing, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, March 31, 2013. Pope Francis celebrated his first Easter Sunday Mass as pontiff in St. Peter's Square, packed by joyous pilgrims, tourists and Romans and bedecked by spring flowers.Wearing cream-colored vestments, Francis strode onto the esplanade in front of St. Peter's Basilica and took his place at an altar set up under a white canopy. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano)

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Pope Francis delivers the Urbi et Orbi (to the city and to the world) blessing, in St. Peter's Square on Easter Sunday.

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis delivered a plea for peace in his first Easter Sunday message to the world, decrying the seemingly endless conflicts in the Middle East and on the Korean peninsula after celebrating Mass along with more than 250,000 faithful.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/pope-francis-delivers-plea-peace-easter-sunday-message-article-1.1303827#ixzz2PAxvHFb5

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