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Pope Francis asks faithful to pray for beheaded Egyptian Coptic Christians in Libya and for the international community to find peaceful solutions to the conflict-ravaged country. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Pope Francis holds Easter Mass in a rainy Vatican and delivers a grim overview of world troubles in his Urbi et Orbi (to the city and the world) Easter message. Pavithra George reports.
French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to the Elysee palace for a working lunch ahead of an international conference aimed at ensuring Libya sticks to a plan to hold elections in December and turn a new page after a decade of violent conflict. IMAGES
Pope Francis meets Christians in an ancient Iraqi church torched by the Islamic State group when it swept into the northern town of Qaraqosh in 2014. After the jihadists were ousted in 2016, the Al-Tahera (Immaculate Conception) Church's marble floors and columns were restored and the faithful gathered there on Sunday to welcome the pontiff. IMAGES
Pope Francis, during an Easter Monday Vatican address, calls the Lahore attack that killed at least 70 "vile and senseless" and demands that the country's authorities protect minorities. Rough Cut - Subtitled (no reporter narration).