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Pope calls for Easter truce in Ukraine leading to peace negotiations

Pope calls for Easter truce in Ukraine leading to peace negotiations
Pope calls for Easter truce in Ukraine leading to peace negotiations Copyright  Thomson Reuters 2022
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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis on Sunday called for an Easter truce in Ukraine, leading to negotiations and peace.

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"Put the weapons down!" he said at the end of a Palm Sunday service for tens of thousands of people in St. Peter's Square.

"Let An Easter truce start. But not to rearm and resume combat but a truce to reach peace through real negotiations," he said.

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