A starker contrast is difficult to imagine.
On Easter Sunday, the American pontiff, Pope Leo XIV, issued a message and a deadline.
“Easter is the victory of life over death, of light over darkness, of love over hatred,” the pope said in first Urbi et Orbi message. He stated that “the power with which Christ rose is entirely nonviolent,” comparing it to “a human heart which, wounded by an offense, rejects the instinct for revenge and, filled with compassion, prays for the one who has committed the offense.” Leo lamented that, “We are growing accustomed to violence, resigning ourselves to it, and becoming indifferent. Indifferent to the deaths of thousands of people. Indifferent to the repercussions of hatred and division that conflicts sow.”
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