Vatican City, Apr 1, 2018 / 03:25 am
During his Urbi et Orbi Easter blessing, Pope Francis said Jesus' death and resurrection provide hope to a world marred by conflict, proving that modern tragedies such as war and violence won't have the final say.
"We Christians believe and know that Christ's resurrection is the true hope of the world, the hope that does not disappoint," the Pope said April 1, Easter morning.
Like the parable Jesus told of the grain of wheat which has to die before bearing fruit, Francis said that "it is the power of the grain of wheat, the power of that love which humbles itself and gives itself to the very end, and thus truly renews the world."
"This power continues to bear fruit today in the furrows of our history, marked by so many acts of injustice and violence," he said, and pointed to the plight of migrants and refugees, and victims of the drug trade, human trafficking and other forms of modern slavery.