Pope Francis appeals for global peace on Easter

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis made an emotional appeal for global peace during his traditional "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city and the world) Easter blessing, urging people to remember victims of the "blind and brutal violence" in recent terrorist attacks, such as last week's Brussels bombings that killed dozens of people. Throughout, he emphasized a key theme of his pontificate: mercy.

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis made an emotional appeal for global peace during his traditional "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city and the world) Easter blessing, urging people to remember victims of the "blind and brutal violence" in recent terrorist attacks, such as last week's Brussels bombings that killed dozens of people. Throughout, he emphasized a key theme of his pontificate: mercy.…