Pope in plea to end nuclear crises
Pope Benedict XVI, in his first Easter message as pontiff, today urged the use of diplomacy to defuse nuclear crises in a clear reference to worries over Iran, and prayed that Palestinians would have their own state alongside that of Israel.
On Christianity’s most joyous day, which coincided with Benedict’s 79th birthday, the pontiff also prayed that violence would cease in Iraq as he painted a bleak picture in much of the world.
