Vatican City, April 5 -- Pope Leo XIV on Sunday issued a clarion call for global peace, pleading with nations and leaders to abandon violence and choose dialogue over domination amid the conflict in West Asia, urging an end to indifference in the face of the ongoing conflict and suffering.

In his powerful Urbi et Orbi Easter message delivered from Saint Peter's Basilica, the Pontiff said, "Let those who have weapons lay them down! 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!"

During his Easter address, the Pope reflected on the meaning of Christ's resurrection as the triumph of life over death, light over dark...