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31 March 2013

Extraordinary scenes in Rome as more than 250,000 pilgrims pack St Peter's Square for Francis' first Easter.

Pope Francis used his first Easter Sunday address to call for peace in the world and appealed for a diplomatic solution to the crisis on the Korean peninsula.
In his first 'Urbi et Orbi' - to the city and the world - message, Francis also called for peace between Israelis and Palestinians, an end to the civil war in Syria, and political solutions to conflicts in several African countries.
The former Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina, who has made defence of nature an early hallmark of his pontificate, also condemned the 'iniquitous exploitation of natural resources' and urged everyone to be 'guardians' of creation.