Pope Calls For Peace After Gaza

2018-04-02 1

Pope Francis used his Easter Sunday address to call for "reconciliation for the Holy Land," in an apparent reference to violence on the Israeli-Gaza border which killed at least 17 Palestinians and injured more than 1,400 on Friday. Speaking to a crowd of thousands gathered at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, Pope Francis says "the wounds of ongoing conflict did not "spare the defenseless.