Pope Francis delivered his annual Easter message Sunday after leading Mass at St. Peter's Square in Vatican City.

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In his “Urbi et Orbi” (“to the city and the world”) message, the pope asked for prayers for Syria; the Holy Land, Yemen and the Middle East; Africa; North and South Korea; Ukraine; and Venezuela.

The pope also prayed for children who "grow up without hope, lacking education and health care" and elderly people "who are cast off by a selfish culture," according to Catholic news site Crux.

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