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the vatican has been quite clear over the last 3 weeks. although at the beginning it actually did take a much lower approach condemning moscow precisely because they have a very strong diplomatic approach to conflict. and they have a very broad, sort of a very broad muscle or a very large diplomatic muscle. know the vatican has become much clear to the criticism. it's not really clear that you know, the kremlin cares at all. what is that? that is said in rome, but it is quite clear that the criminal understands how broad the base of the vatican enough. the catholic churches, including not only inside the ukraine, inside the ukraine, but also inside russia. i want to talk about the pope health as well because on saturday he attended the easter vigil mass, but he didn't lead it. and some think that's because of leg pain. what, what do you know about this? it is mostly speculation, but this is precisely the, the rumor that is circulating that you know, he has, his knee problem has prevented him from leading saturday evening where he had to be

that is over fences at the vatican. the i over fences at the vatican.t he has had a full congregation since the pandemic was declared. there has been a week of mass is taking place and to throughout discussing the violence in ukraine, we have expecting to hear something at this particular mass. we will bring that to you as and when we get it but 1.2 billion roman catholics effectively part of this easter mass being addressed by vatican city. earlier in the week pope francis had called for an easter ceasefire. what he says today on the matter, and calls for peace we will bring you as and when we get it. those are live scenes coming to you from the vatican city. oleksiy goncharenko is a ukrainian mp, hejoins me from mykolaiv in the country's south. thank you very much forjoining us on bbc news. first off, you are in the south, what is it like where you are and what are you hearing about the current situation in moby paul? first, my congratulations to everybody celebrating easter today. hgppy everybody celebrating easter today. happy easter and i hope ther

i think it was somewhat unexpected that the pope would be talking or the vatican would be concentrating its efforts in europe. and most of what we heard, it's actually a plea for peace and a plea for essentially, for you know, unity, unity, brotherly, brother, unity across europe, particularly in the face of a possible escalation. and this was actually this loom quite large. and in the speech in which the pope actually were, and if escalation, becoming really form of violence that could potentially not stop and could have enormously devastating effects for human kind. he said, now does the pope's opinion on this war matter to russia, or is he just preaching to the choir, as you could say look, i mean it's, it's extremely difficult to say, how is it that moscow is receiving? what have been increasingly critical, you know, but essentially messages from, from the vatican development has been quite clear last 3 weeks. although at the beginning it actually did take a much lower approach to condemning moscow precisely because they have a very strong diplomatic approach to conflict. and they h

andrea tornielli is the editorial director of vatican communications.bout this issue. andrea: okay, you're welcome. yeah, you're welcome. lisa: why can't the guidelines be made public? lisa: is it time to consider relaxing celibacy? lisa: then, finally, a moment the children of priests have been waiting for: an acknowledgement of sorts. lisa: this has been a very big deal, hasn't it, for the church? andrea: yes, yes. not only--unfortunately, not only these stories, because the abuse cases is really painful, and it's important to change mentality. but this is another one, is on a different level, but so painful for people. ♪♪♪ lisa: back in australia, linda lawless's journey to find out who she is and more about her father isn't over. lisa: it's been a while since we first met. how have you been going? linda: yeah, really good, thanks. i've been busy researching family members and different people, and today i'm going to meet peter finn, who was a friend of my father's. lisa: how are you feeling? linda: i'm really excited about it. to me, he's the closes

the vatican delegates from various indigenous nations who had travelled from canada, but it will even go to the queen. maybe there are kiss i had told you. so the deplorable behavior of those members of the catholic church. i asked a given us from god, and i would like to tell you from the bottom of my heart, that i am very pained and i joined my brother bishop from canada in apologizing to you. poke francis said he felt shame for the abuse indigenous children suffered in canada's residential schools. he said he hoped to visit canada in july between 1831 in 1996. around 850000 indigenous children were taken from their homes and communities stripped of their languages and customs. many were raped and abused, and church ran school for a truth and reconciliation commission in 2015, called a cultural genocide. for years indigenous canadians have been calling on the church to apologize. the movement gained momentum last year when the remains of $215.00 children were found at the sight of a former residential school in western canada. to morrow will be the 1st day of reconciliation, not onl

might reveal other secrets buried in the past. adarine i'll jazeera vatican city. retail giant amazon was about to get his 1st union in the you asked, the company says the vote is disappointing. and that it's reviewing its options and zeros. gabriel, alice, under reports now from new york to the law. we're human and american. his ha, he's story victory. workers at a massive amazon warehouse in new york voting to unionize the winning margin more than 500 boats out of nearly 5000 cast. meaning that the $8000.00 strong workforce will become the 1st amazon employees to unionize. in the retail giant, 28 year history. the way of what it's hop go, because we want every other industry, every other business to know that dang, sustains. we go on, we go, you know, it's not gonna quit our jobs anymore. workers who are demanding better pay and working conditions at the warehouse, where jubilant. many say the ramifications of the unionization push will be felt far beyond the walls of one amazon warehouse. this is a victory and it's a tide. and it's not stopping. and it's going to sweep us all and m

beautiful day there in vatican city.ive us a sense of what we can expect, in terms of any messages for the ukrainian people. we saw the pope meeting just a few days ago with ukrainian refugee children. >> reporter: yeah, well, of course, palm sunday is the introduction to holy week, lynda. and holy week recalls the death of christ on the cross, and then his rising from the dead lee days later. in other words, it's a message about the victory of life over death. that's a universal message, but probably, this holy week, it won't be filled anywhere in the world more keenly than in ukraine, which is facing death on a massive scale, because of this russian war of aggression. i think we are going to hear the pope in his homily today, that's the talk he gives during his mass, probably indirectly during the war that is unfolding, and later during his noontiming anless address, we will probably hear him address this crisis specifically. this week, during the pope's general audience on wednesday, he actually held a ukrainian flag

. >>> well, a very special day at the vatican.ents pope francis will celebrate mass in st. peter's square for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic. he will also hold the way of the cross in the coliseum. this couldn't come at a more significant time. today is palm sunday. setting up the easter sunday celebrations next week. joining me now from rome is cnn's senior vatican analyst john allen. john is also editor of the independent website cover catholicism. good to see you, john. >> hi there, lynda. happy palm sunday to you. >> yeah, happy palm sunday to you. so this is the first time pope francis will hold a mass in st. peter's square since the start of the pandemic. it's hard to believe it's been three years since the last one. what sort of measures are being taken to ensure it's safe? >> well, lynda, as you probably know, all the people around the pope, much like your last package, the people around the president, they're all tested for covid. they've all been vaccinated. beyond that, however, there's relatively li

this is the scene live in st peter's square in vatican city — where pope francis has been celebratingsunday mass. hello and welcome to bbc news. russia has urged the last ukrainian forces defending the besieged port of mariupol to surrender in order to save their lives — with the deadline just one hour away. the city has been under siege for weeks. moscow says its troops have cleared resistance from the entire city, apart from a sprawling steelworks. ukraine says its naval units are preparing for a russian landing operation in the area. in a late—night address, president zelensky accused russia of deliberately trying to destroy mariupol — and everyone in it. mr zelensky warned that eliminating ukrainian fighters in the city would put an end to peace talks. meanwhile, explosions have again been heard in the capital, kyiv, and in the western city of lviv. air raid sirens have been going off across much of the country overnight. this report is from helena wilkinson. forweeks, mariupol has been battered by sustained russian attacks. the kremlin says it's now cleared urban areas of ukraini

they want indigenous artifacts, kept in the vatican museum, returned in documents from the schools that might reveal other secrets buried in the past. adam rainy or g 0. that can kitty american oscar with the actor will smith has resigned from hollywood motion picture academy after he slapped comedian chris rock, joined the oscar ceremony. it happened after rock made a joke about smith's wife. now the actor walked on stage during the wood 70 and smacked rock in the face. smith went on to with the best actor award for his role in king richard. now he has apologized, but the academy says it will be full with disciplinary proceedings against him. ah, got you on there with lisa hill, rob the reminder of all top stories, the rival science and the navy ain't here. war of agreed to a 2 month truce from saturday. both sides of also agreed to le fuel shipments into had a to port and to let commercial flights operate from the capital city. the truce, which has the possibility of renewal, coincides with the start of the holy month of ramadan. it opens the article with se gehman is urgent to milita

in the past, adarine, jazeera vatican city. we go 10 developments in shoreline canal. the president has declared to state legend, say, a day off them, hundreds of protest has tried to storm his home. the declaration gave security forces sweeping power to arrest and detain suspects on thursday. please use a gas motor cannon to drive, protest his back. they have been demanding action to cut the cost of living as people struggle with electricity blackouts that are expected to continue for weeks . poisonous gas as killed 8 coal miners in southern serbia. 18 others were injured them. methane was released very suddenly, and cold collapse in an excavation chamber says the latest in several serious accidents since the state own pit opened in the 1900s investigation is underway. relegated olga, olga really awesome buddha, there is huge grief. they died in the early morning. so there was no explosion of any kind or anything else that happened simply the concentration of methane became so high that they suffocated. i present my condolences as we all do here, autopsies will be per

he joins us live now from vatican city at adams. so 1st out, what did pope francis say to canada's indigenous commute? well, nick, he apologized not just once, he said he wanted to ask with all his heart or their forgiveness. and he said it with canadian bishops. he wanted to ask for their pardon. so it was a speech with several moments in which he said he was sorry, and he asked for forgiveness. and as you mentioned, the scope of the pain and suffering of these people's and that they suffered for more than a century is enormous. and that's the very reason why these delegates came here to rome and to vatican city this week. and delegates coming out of the meeting, said they could really tell even before this apology was issued just moments ago, that hope francis was taking a stamped posture of understanding and empathy. and that they could tell. they said that he was feeling strongly the sentiments that they were expressing there. and what else of the delegates asking of the pope is a very group and they're not all asking for the sa

and the prescription was given in the documents of the second vatican council, particularly in lumin jetsio. over half a century ago, the bishops of the united states petitioned pope john paul six to approve this. since then, more than 18,000 men in the united states have been ordained to had this office. so we are talking about the office of deacon. today our guest is one of the deacons who is ordained for the archdiocese of san francisco. after this brief break, come back and stay with us as we learn about this ancient catholic vocation and the new application. >>> hello and thank you for joining us on mosaic. our guest today i will be introducing is deacon michael yorso. you go by mike? >> i just go by deacon. >> and mike, you are a deacon in the archdiocese of san francisco, you are an ordained minister. everything i know about the deaconed i learned from you. the idea that it is an ancient christian vocation, i will read from st. paul in the philippines and paul who is in jail now, jailed by the romans for his catholic christian faith, writes to the people in philip i and he wri

the vatican says 100,000 filled st. peter's square in stark contrast with the nearly empty st. peter's basilica in 2020 and small masked crowd at the vatican last year. >> i feel absolutely blessed. it's a very happy easter. >> reporter: from new york city's easter bonnet parade to churches and passover seders too, many americans also celebrating together this weekend some holiday gatherings in person for the first time in three years. >> it feels good it's good to be back amongst parishioners >> reporter: but as many ease restrictions, this staten island congregation still mostly masked in prayer their easter baskets coming with covid tests. to have them readily available to just take for free, what does that mean? >> it means that someone else cares. >> reporter: cautious as the highly contagious omicron ba.2 subvariant fuels a rise in cases across 27 states. hospitalizations are still falling, but the white house is watching in case they go the wrong way >> our vaccines are holding up really well against ba.2, against all of the omicron variants, especially if you've been bo

this vatican behind me is also home to one of the world's largest museums, the vatican museum, and they have many indigenous artifacts from all over the world and even from canada. so there's that. and perhaps more importantly, many are asking for the vatike into released church records so they can see more specific documentation of possible abuse that might have occurred at the schools in canada. so those are the, the main other things that they're asking the pope, and we're not clear if he's going to deliver on those. but he did you say it's going to visit canada. so we'll be seeing more developments in a month to come out and we'll keep us across the story. thank you so much. adam rainy reporting from the vatican city in alabama. the longest strike in the u. s. states history shows little fine of being resolved. members of the coal miners union walked off the job in april last year. they want better wages, john, 100 reports. this is a portrait of patience. these miners have spent a year picketing to get their jobs back, but warrior met coal has yet to offer them even what they earned

ambassador to the vatican. where want to talk about some of the issues confronting the country today -- we are going to talk about some of the issues confronting the country. numbers on the screen, (202) 748-8002 for independents. if you want to send a text message you can send it to (202) 748-8003. please include your first name and your city if you would. mr. ambassador and congressman, what were some of the issues that you faced at the time you were ambassador and at the time you are in congress? perhaps they are still important today? guest: one of the big things back in 2005 and 2006. the hatred of the united states and the west, we were working closely with the holy city to have the police speak up forcefully against what was going on over there. that started the anti-iranian dialogue that led to press bush -- president bush am i going and sanctioning them. -- embargoing utere. he came back and is worse than ever. host: you mentioned autocratic governments. we have seen what putin is doing in russia. is t

peter's basilica in 2020 and small masked crowd at the vatican last year. >> i feel absolutely blessedr. >> reporter: from new york city's easter bonnet parade to churches and passover seders too, many americans also celebrating together this weekend. some holiday gatherings in person for the first time in three years. >> it feels good it's good to be back amongst parishioners >> reporter: but as many ease restrictions, this staten island congregation still mostly masked in prayer. their easter baskets coming with covid tests. to have them readily available to just take for free, what does that mean? >> it means that someone else cares. >> reporter: caution as th highly contagious omicron ba.2 subvariant fuels a rise in cases across 27 states hospitalizations are still falling, be the white house is watching in case they go the wrong way. >> our vaccines are holding up really well against ba.2, against all of the omicron variants, especially if you've been boosted >> reporter: despite the vaccine's effectiveness, some covid precautions are coming back philadelphia becomes the first maj

and for whom will the vatican buy gases in rubles?know this too, there is a lot of history that hungary will buy gas for the whole of europe there, and then distribute there a can of the vatican. it seems to me that here, uh, there are also a lot . unfortunately now agree agree, but i just see what's really. the european union demonstrates its willingness to sacrifice and explained the reasons for a significant part of its economy, including for its own internal reasons, and they are ready to do this. here, and therefore, when we talk about ultimatum ultimatum is the same. it's also like this. eh, as it were, this is a threat to do something if you didn’t do something, that is, he is also the time, but with new horror stories. that is, uh, we can assume that they are talking there, that's how not some says about capitulation, what is their plan on their part, the question is, when putin obviously says no, uh, what are they going to do next, then we will do this with you, because they already have gas, in fact, in fact, there will be n

an apology that was years in the making. pope france has spoken friday, the vatican to delegates from various indigenous nations who had travelled from canada very poorly. we're going daughter. the queen may be there, kissed her tony care. so the deplorable behavior of those members of the catholic church, i asked to given us from god. and i would like to tell you from the bottom of my heart, that i am very pained and i joined my brother bishop from canada in apologizing to you. pope francis said he felt shame for the abuse indigenous children suffered in canada, residential schools. he said he hoped to visit canada in july between 1831 in 1996. around 850000 indigenous children were taken from their homes and communities stripped of their languages and customs. many were raped and abused, and church ran schools for a truth and reconciliation commission in 2015, called a cultural genocide. for years. indigenous canadians have been calling on the church to apologize. the movement gained momentum last year when the remains of $215.00 children were found at the sight of a former resident

here, we see rome's version of that inside the vatican. they sing. pope francis praying.bed —— has described weapons�* purchases as who is described —— has described weapons' purchases as stains on humanity, said in an interview today, head of the ceremony, via crucis, i do notjustify buying arms, but i understand governments that do it because we have to defend ourselves. you're watching bbc news. hello. many of us have had some pretty good weather in the last couple of days. today, friday, will miss day of the year so far with highs of up to 22 degrees in london. 20 degrees reached in many other areas and saturday should be about as warm again with sunny spells on the way. not necessarily for everybody right from the word go, in fact a few look at the satellite picture, there is a swell of cloud, a low pressure centre, just to the west of northern ireland, that's dragging in a lot of low—grade cloud —— low—grade cloud, from the southern climes, that is where we can see the gentle breeze pushing grey skies into cornwall, devon, around the irish sea and pretty cloudy in w

the ukrainian ambassador to the vatican lodged a formal protest. and a consortium of catholic broadcasters in ukraine refused to carry the way of the cross ceremony because of that moment. their argument was that in implied a kind of moral equivalence between the aggressor, that is russia, and the victim of that aggression, ukraine. and said that it is premature to talk about reconciliation until russia repents, that is, discontinues the present war. as is so often the case in the vatican, tonight once again faith and politics were intertwined. for cnn, this is john allen in rome. >> you are looking there at images of solidarity for ukraine and its neighbor poland. hundreds of polish catholics and ukrainians praying for peace at a way of the cross procession in warsaw. 5 million people have fled ukraine since the start of the war, the majority going it poland. >>> seas ceasefire is not alway good word for a war expert to hear. she believes a ceasefire in ukraine could be a bad idea depending how it's negotiated. it could create more problems than i

all right, thank you so much. adam rainy is recording for us in the vatican. city is 12 months and counting for the longest ever strike in the u. s. date of alabama. $1100.00 coal miners walked out last april and their pay dispute shows, little sign of being resolved. john hendern has the story. this is a portrait of patience. these miners have spent a year picketing to get their jobs back, but warrior met coal has yet to offer them even what they earned before they went on strike. a way to just get back 5 years ago. i think i think a lot of gas would be happy with it. that's $365.00 days without regular pay. the longest strike in alabama history with 1100 miners living off a union strike fund. and i had plans to build a house here to move on with my life. all that money's gone every day. they watch non union replacement workers drive to their old jobs. that's led to some confrontations by replacement workers. and by striking minors, prompting a judge to temporarily ban picketing when the strikers returned, chris broo. baker says there'll be some harsh words f

today he will mark good friday with a liturgy at the vatican. >>> twitter is weighing a stunning offer from tesla ceo, elon musk. he's offering to buy the social media company for $43 billion and says taking it private could transform the platform. abc's kaylee hartung explains. >> reporter: the richest man in the world is launching a takeover of twitter. hours after he announced his offer, he said it's not about the money. >> i think it's very important for there to be an inclusive arena for free speech. >> reporter: musk, the ceo of tesla and spacex is worth an estimated $265 billion. he's a prolific tweeter with more than 80 million followers and also one of its biggest critics. just last week, he disclosed his 9% stake in twitter, making him one of the largest shareholders, sending the stock soaring. >> he will have to show his ability to finance it to the board. >> reporter: and if refused by the board, musk writes i would need to reconsider my position as a shareholder. >> if musk decides to cut and run, the stock could go down 30%, 40%. this forces the board's hand. >> reporter:

include oil sanction might dominate new gases of people have gathered at the st. peter's square in vatican city to hear pope frances leave easter sunday mass on saturday evening. the pontiff called for peace in ukraine during easter vigil increase. so that ceremony was attended by the mayor of the occupied ukrainian city of willie de paula and 3 ukrainian lawmakers. teaching associations in germany. se schools could see up to a quarter 1000000 new students made up of young people fleeing the war in ukraine. an estimated 40000 school age ukrainians are already here. many schools are setting up orientation classes to help newcomers. a just like this one in berlin. that even that is that your pocket calculator. oh, yes, it is my pocket calculator. awesome. now altogether pocket calculator, it's a new language in a new life. these teenagers that lessing high school fled you cray enough to rush his invasion, 3 weeks into their german education. things seem to be going well. i've had them at the rug, i guess you could say that the welcoming class really did make things easier for me to begin wit

. >>> at the vatican, pope francis calling for peace during what he describes as an easter of war. the pontiff praying for a new dawn of hope in ukraine. as he dlifed the easter blessing in front of tens of thousands of people gathered in st. peters square. cnn senior vatican analyst with the details. >> reporter: easter sunday typically a joyous time for catholics had a shadow ast over it year by the war in ukraine. pope francis referred to the war as cruel and senseless calling this an easter of war. he expressed compassion for the victim of the conflict including refugees and internally displaced persons. and also children who have been orphaned by the conflict. the pontiff acknowledged ukraine has been dragged into this war but didn't mention russia by name. that in keeping with his policy from the beginning of trying to keep some channel of communication with the russians open. in addition the pope named a number of other hot spots including israel palestinian conflict. which flared up in recent days. syria, yemen and myanmar. situations in africa and latin america. ukraine ha

the plentiful greeted a group of young ukrainian refugees at the vatican and called for an end to the war . that's as the un says, more than 11000000 ukrainians have fled their homes since the war began. it is more of a quarter of the population. the under secretary general for humanitarian affairs marching . griffith said more than 4000000 people have left the country while the others are internally displaced. you're watching it, do you know the news before we go? let's get a reminder of our mean story. officials are warning civilians to leave eastern parts of ukraine before unexpected russia offensive. moscow is thought to be preparing fresh assaults on har keith and don bass regent. after pulling troops from around the capital and made of chickens, fulton barkers warned of a protracted war in ukraine. he says, there is no indication the russian leader vladimir putin, will give up his ambition to control your cri. as your news update at this hour staging for the business headlines of coming up with her again that i think that's hard and in the end is a me, you are not locked up to y

peace between the two countries and bring reconciliation however, some ukrainians were against the vatican's idea with some religious media groups refusing to even air the ceremony. the pope has announced the invasion of ukraine as sacrilege. >>> mexico's largest passion of the christ reenactment is back. in mexico city, hundreds gathered friday for the easter ritual where the crucifixion and resurrection of jesus is reenacted. the event has been only on tv lately because of covid but this year, folks say they are thankful to be able to enjoy the ceremony. >>> the list of states with tougher abortion laws grew this week, florida banning the procedure after 15 your weeks of pregnancy, the only exception is if the mother's life is in danger, nadia romero with a wave of antiabortion laws and where the fight goes from here. >> using their voices and risking their freedoms, katelyn and sarah lead women's voices of southwest florida. >> we have to speak up. >> the group helped raise awareness for the board of commissioners. >> i had to sit down and i cried. we put so many hours into that. >> with

oil sanctions, whether they the thousands of people have gathered at saint peter's square in the vatican city to hear pope frances leave easter sunday mass on saturday evening, the pontiff called for peace in ukraine during an easter vigil. so that ceremony was attended by the mayor of the occupied ukrainian city of mila default, and 3 ukrainian lawmakers. trans ambassador to germany has been quoted in a sunday newspaper sang. ukraine was not informed of the details of 8 german proposal to provide ukraine with a 1000000000 euros to buy weapons. the german government has faced repeated criticism, fort slow response to russia's invasion. the proposed increase in defense spending, which includes that money for ukraine, came ahead of traditional eastern peace marches across germany. thousands of people to part calling for an end to war. those marching for peace at this he is east a march. his have to trade a thin line. traditionally, the demonstrations are a chance for people who believe passionately and pacifism to make their voices heard. coals for all om sales to stop and old war and aggr

there the pontiff greeted a group of young ukrainian refugees at the vatican and called for an end to the war . and one of russia, as the most prominent writers, is also an outspoken critic of the kremlin food. mila will lead sky is one of the 1st cultural figures in russia to oppose the war in ukraine. and she has paid a price for stating her beliefs. ludmilla will lead sky doesn't know if she'll ever return to moscow. the russian writer left her home in mid march a month after the war started. she was persuaded to leave at the age of 79 by her son. but still, i didn't feel threatened and i didn't understand my son's decision. but i trusted his judgment because i think he can assess something better than i can. and i was jimmy, a lead guy. i was one of the 1st in russia to speak out publicly against the war in ukraine. the writer has never held off, criticizing rushes leaders. she speaks out fearlessly and sees herself in good company, grew my knuckle in my widest circle of acquaintances, and i'm not just talking about friends, but every one i know, i haven't met a single person who

xfinity. >>> this easter sunday, a celebration of life in vatican city.sermon of hope. not shying away from hard truths we face as global citizens. calling for peace in war torn ukraine. praising european nations welcoming in refugees. and made a point to acknowledge and encourage the same for those fleeing conflicts in other parts of the world. it's a message that could do good here in the united states too. with the divided electorate and political movements aimed at rolling back rights for the most vulnerable among. such as the lgbtq community. targeting the transcommunity. making today and every day a good time to remember what the pope said in 2013. quote, if a person is gay and seeks god and goodwill, who am i to judge? those were trans, also deserve the same respect, understanding and rights as everyone else. francis ended this morning's mass calling for what all of us on earth deserve. peace. reminding us that peace is possible but also a duty. that is everyone's primary responsibility. because without it, moments like this morning might be no mor

you can see him there addressing a crowd at the vatican. a ukrainian flag, a flag that had flown in bucha, the city that was under russian occupation, now under ukrainian control where mass graves have been located. the pope unfurling that flag in solidarity with the ukrainian people, and clearly to protest the casualties, the mass killings among the ukrainian people, a remarkable statement from the pope. the pope has been invited to visit kyiv as soon as possible. >>> cnn's special coverage of the russian invasion of ukraine continues right now. >>> new this morning, a coordinated crackdown on russia in the form of new sanctions and new weapons. president biden as well as the european council putting new restrictions on the energy sector, banks, and even members of vladimir putin's family. as the u.s. prepares to hand over $100 million worth of weapons to ukraine. good morning, everyone. i'm bianna golodryga. >> i'm jim sciutto. for its part, russia so far in terms of military action undeterred. a new series after tacks overnight, includin

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. >> cnn's senior vatican analyst and editor of crux, the independent catholic news site, joins us nowas been outspoken not just today but over the past two months about this war in ukraine. >> that's absolutely right. first of all, good morning amara and alex, and happy easter to both of you. yes, the pope has been increasingly vocal i would say as this conflict has gone on. traditionally the vatican tries to be above the parties and not take sides, but as the cruelty and barbarity of this war has become increasingly clear, the pope has become increasingly outspoken and we heard that today. in his traditional address to the city and the world the pope called this an easter of war, as we heard in the clip you just played he called this war cruel and senseless. later he also expressed compassion for the victims of this war including refugees and internally displaced persons, children who have been orphaned by the war and others. now, he did mention several other global hot spots including the israeli-palestinian conflict, syria, yemen, myanmar situations in africa and latin america. but

a vatican address. more than 300 civilians suspected killed. look at the pope with that flag. what a statement that is. >>> i want to bring in cnn's phil black with me in lviv. let's talk about these strikes not too far from here. we are in the city of lviv. the region is much larger. what do we know? >> ukrainian officials say air defenses knocked out two cruise miss his in the sky about an hour's drive northeast of where we are, brianna. they were fired from fighter jets operating over belarus. nothing that couldn't be handled and no casualties. a russian statement said they knocked out various supply and support sites all across the country. one we can confirm. they say, yes, yet another fuel depot has been fired upon. russia is continuing this air campaign against key simply and support locations everywhere. they can strike everywhere across the country in the hope of degrading ukraine's offense. >> right now russia shifted its focus to the east. this is on the western side of the country. it's very

beautiful images from vatican city. we believe the spoke will speak. there will be real-time english translation we will bring as well. as you're waking up with us this morning hope you're with your family, have a great day in front of me. >> i remember being a little girl, not much older than the little girl in the image, in front of st. peter's basilica there, what an exciting today for all the people waiting the pope's message right now. will: the pope just finished up his easter mass. he is arriving. let's listen to the easter blessing this morning on "fox & friends". ♪. >> translator: the vatican national on a them. ♪. -- national anthem. ♪ italian national anthem. so what is going to happen that we're going to have a message, easter message from the holy father. then there will be the granting of the plenary indulgence, followed by the actual blessing of the urbi et orbi. the vatican guard, italian armed forces, the pontifica band, doing their thing right there in st. peter's square. dear brothers and sisters, happy easter. jesus, the crucified o

everybody knows who that is. >> the vatican never takes sides in the sense of calling out leaders orntries by name, but there's no doubt about which side he is on. >> reporter: francis does not shy away from world affairs. in 2014, he helped broker a thaw in u.s./cuba relations. >> i want to thank his holiness, pope francis who shows us the world as it should be, rather than simply settling for the world as it is. >> reporter: he's not the first pope the play a role on the global stage. john paul ii prayed to bring down communism. pious xii condemned the nazis in world war ii. now pope francis says a trip to ukraine is on the table as he seeks a stop to what he calls the rivers of blood and tears. >> he's playing the long game. he wants to be in a position where he might be able to be a mediator to resolve this conflict and bring about peace. >> reporter: and alex, this morning in st. peter's square, we heard more strong words from pope francis in his city and world address. he called this an easter of war and said there had been too much blood and violence. he prayed for what he cal

here with me now is vatican correspondent for the national catholic reporter, christopher wright.ng. ukrainian president -- great to have you. ukrainian president zelenskyy and kyiv's mayor have both now invited the pope to visit the capital. how likely is it that he makes this trip? >> the pope told us reporters yesterday that it's on the table. you know, it's worth noting that he hasn't head at a timed from venturing into war-torn countries in the past, in 2015, he went to the central african republic, at a time when a lot of people were advising him against it. his m.o. is to be close to people who are suffering, so i think this is something very much in his heart and his mind, and if the logistics work out, i think we'll see the pope going to kyiv. >> what message do you think it would send to the international community at large if he did make such a visit? >> well, we saw, you know, just a few weeks ago when the european leaders went, the three presidents and prime ministers, that it was a real show of solidarity. and this is something that, you know, the pope is all about,

peter's square in the vatican this morning for the first time since the pandemic. he addressed a crowd of tens of thousands calling for peace for war-torn ukraine. several people held ukrainian flags as the pope spent much of his address discussing the impacts of the war and praised other nations helping ukrainian refugees. back here locally, the saint michael ukrainian orthodox church in san francisco will hold a special sermon on ending the war on the ongoing war in ukraine. that service starts at 10:00 a.m. on 7th street in san francisco. >>> in case you missed it, it was an electric night for the warriors and their fans in san francisco. we've seen a lot of playoffs in oakland, but this was the first for chase center and that all changed last night with a big win. the warriors hosting the nuggets in game one of the nba playoffs. "today in the bay's" stephanie magallon takes us to chase center. >> reporter: chase center was home game here since ge at this. but what really got fans going today was seeing steph curry score again. a massive ovation as steph curry s

. >> christians around the world are celebrating palm sunday, today at the vatican poat francis lead the faithful at mass marking the start of holy week. it the is first time we have seen large clouds like this gather inned st. peter's square for palm sunday since the start of the pandemic. well there is new concern tonight about a spring covid surge in the u.s. a rapid rise in cases in philadelphia has city officials considering a return to mask wearing indoors. right now 27 states are reporting a rise in infections over the past eight days. cbs's jonathan vig lot si in los angeles with what we can expect. jonathan. >> jericka, good evening, covid cases here in l.a. have spiked 78% in just the last four days but a critical number to keep our eyes on is hospitalizations. and so far all signs indicate there has been no injuries. >> spring break crowds and eased masking restrictions in loss angs will and other cities are driving covid risks up across the nation. >> we're watching a little too much into it to go back to normal. >> in the northeast there has been a spike in cases includi

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no shade to the vatican, but it is an obscure process.nd popes are different than political leaders. so, with that said, i'm reading from the reporting. you've alluded to some of this, bill. mccarthy called trump and apologized over all this. quote, he said he was placating liz cheney, that it was fake. that he was just paying her lip service. quote, trump isn't mad. he has other things on his mind. he accepts kevin for who he is. it's not like he really trusts him. many republicans, quote, will be watching and waiting for signals -- i don't know if they missed the word smoke or not -- but for some kind of signal from mar-a-lago that could decide mccarthy's fate. bill, does that sound right to you? have they ever picked a speaker or house leader like that before? is it pathetic? >> it is pathetic. and this gets back to the point made earlier. it's important that congress act as a check on the executive and hold the executive accountable for misdeeds and make its own decisions, also about its leadership. and we already have members of cong

representatives of the american side met in the vatican., ah, the negotiations between dalis and wolf. this is like the final stage of the war. the war was coming to an end and the western allies were concerned about what would come after there was a fear of a russian advance. you know landowners entrepreneurs factory owners. they did not want to be deprived of their land. they did not want the communist system to be installed in britain. churchill writes about this in his diaries. in light of the spread of the red army in europe, the nazi danger in my eyes is now inferior to the soviet threat.

greek masters create a sculpture of lacone and his sons, which are stored today in one of the vaticanh year, caligula is born and in the fourteenth, the founder of the roman empire dies, octavian augustus is named after the month of august, and july, by the way, in honor of his predecessor julius caesar news would have shocked the whole world, but in those days, news did not spread with lightning speed. yes, and they could hardly have shaken the centuries-old traditions that were followed in ancient judea. here, every inhabitant had to get a profession, even rich and educated jews, learned some craft, for example, the apostle paul, who had roman citizenship and received an excellent education by jewish standards, was a weaver . he feces rough canvas, which was used to make tents. most are sure that he was a carpenter, but with why suddenly in the bible his profession is not directly indicated anywhere, it is written there. so where does he get such wisdom of strength, is he not plotnikov's son, that is, everyone decided that jesus inherited the profession . we can guess that he was a