One idea being considered is a detailed map laying out "safe zones" where civilians and members of moderate opposition groups covered by the truce.

In Greece, the faithful attended Easter Mass holding candles lit with "Holy Fire" from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.

Berrigan undoubtedly stands among the most influential American Jesuits of the past century.

Remembering Dan Berrigan: priest, poet, prophet, antiwar activist, disturber of the peace—and giver of retreats.

"Our ancestors lived there for thousands of years, so we have to go and retake our homes and lands and churches. We don't want to live like exiles in someone else's land."

Beseiged Aleppo came under another deadly barrage of airstrikes and shelling on April 29. The assaults—which involve both regime airstrikes and rebel attacks on pro-government neighborhoods—have killed 200 people in the last week, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Hum