Pope Francis, huge crowd joyously celebrate Easter

April 20, 2014 10:51 AM ET

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Marking Christianity's most hopeful day, Pope Francis made an Easter Sunday plea for peace and dialogue in Ukraine and Syria, for an end to terrorist attacks against Christians in Nigeria and for more attention to the hungry and neediest close to home.

AP Photos: Christians seek hope in Easter events

April 20, 2014 3:03 PM ET

From the splendor of the Vatican to some of the world's most troubled regions, Christians worldwide sought hope Sunday in their religion's holiest event — the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus.

10 Things to Know for Monday

April 20, 2014 9:00 PM ET

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Monday:

More bodies from ship; transcript reveals wavering

April 20, 2014 9:56 PM ET

JINDO, South Korea (AP) — Divers continued the grim work of recovering bodies from inside a sunken South Korean ferry Monday, securing a new entryway into the wreck, as a newly released transcript showed the ship was crippled by confusion and indecision well after it began listing. The transcript suggests that the chaos may have added to a death toll that could eventually exceed 300.