Vatican City, April 4 -- Pope Leo XIV, presiding over the Easter Vigil Mass at St Peter's Basilica, has called on the global community to resist becoming desensitised to the scale of ongoing global hostilities and to actively pursue reconciliation.

During the service on the most sacred night of the Catholic calendar, the first American pontiff reflected on the modern "tombs still to be opened today", identifying them as "mistrust, fear, selfishness and resentment".

He observed that these elements have been permitted to "sever the bonds between us through war, injustice and the isolation of peoples and nations".

Addressing the faithful during the Saturday night liturgy, which commemorates the resurrection of Jesus, the Pope delivered a ...