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• Pope Leo says he will continue to promote peace and dialogue and does not want to debate with Donald Trump

  

  Pope Leo XIV says that he is not a politician and that he will "continue to speak strongly against war, seeking to promote peace and dialogue." He was speaking to journalists while on a flight to Algeria and responded to their questions about disparaging remarks Donald Trump, the U.S. president, had made against him earlier on his Truth Social Network.

• Chinese authorities seen putting increasing pressure on Christian leaders who do not comply with state control

  

  Chinese authorities are increasingly putting pressure on Christian leaders who do not comply with state control. One instance cited by The Wall Street Journal on March 20 cited the case of nearly 20 people associated with Zion Church, a large, long-running Protestant congregation in Beijing, arrested in October, including its founder, Ezra Jin.

• Pakistan authorities request 25,000 Christians to move in Islamabad, giving no reason

  

  A group of 25,000 Christians in Islamabad, Pakistan, are being asked suddenly to leave their homes by the nation's Islamic authorities, some years after a teenage Christian had been falsely accused some time ago of blasphemy.

• Lay down your weapons, Pope Leo urges leaders in his first Easter address

  

  In his first "urbi et orbi" Easter Sunday address, Pope Leo XIV used the words of his predecessor and warned of the globalization of indifference to growing conflicts, urging those fighting to lay down their weapons.