Gabe Ortíz“Let those who have weapons lay them down,” Pope Leo XIV said in his first Easter address. “Let those who have the power to unleash wars choose peace! Not a peace imposed by force, but through dialogue! Not with the desire to dominate others, but to encounter them!” https://religionnews.com/2026/04/05/pope-leos-easter-message-to-the-world-let-those-who-have-weapons-lay-them-down/
Pope Leo’s Easter message to the world: ‘Let those who have weapons lay them down!’
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — As wars intensify across the globe, Pope Leo XIV used his first Easter address to deliver a stark warning against growing indifference to violence, urging both world leaders and ordinary people to reject fear and choose peace through dialogue.