Pope, thousands brave rain for Easter in St. Peter's Square

Monday, April 6, 2015

VATICAN CITY -- In an Easter peace wish, Pope Francis on Sunday praised the framework nuclear agreement with Iran as an opportunity to make the world safer while expressing deep worry about bloodshed in Libya, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Nigeria and elsewhere in Africa.

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