coming up. is the most important day in the christian calendar, and thousands are gathering to celebrate easter mass begins at the vatican. meanwhile religious events across the middle east marred by ongoing violence, we re live in jerusalem and beirut, and why to tennessee lawmakers expelled from the statehouse could soon be back at one. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with poland, he said. up first for us. it s easter sunday, the holiest day of the christian calendar. celebrating with the bible says was the resurrection of jesus. tens of thousands of the faithful have converged on st peter s square for easter mass. currently underway there. hope francis is presiding over the service. he will then deliver his traditional urbi or or be or at to the city of the world
managed to recover from his bout with bronchitis. in addition to praying for ukraine during his urbi and orbi address that it gives from the balcony of st peter s basilica after mass, the pope mentioned conflicts in a number of places around the world he expressed, he said his deep concern for the attacks in recent days in jerusalem, and he called for renewed dialogue between the israelis and palestinians. he mentioned syria , lebanon, the rohingya in myanmar and several countries in africa, including south sudan and the democratic republic of congo. so the pope looking good . obviously still using a wheelchair. he cannot stand for long periods of time, which is why he doesn t celebrate mass behind the altar. but as the pope likes to joke, you don t need two legs to be pope. just one head, tim. all right. thank you, delia. now to a developing story. we re following out of new jersey. we re in a mom was stabbed during a sunday morning prayer service. the religious leader has a punctured