VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis Sunday called for an end to conflict around a world he said is in the hands "of the arms traffickers" and appealed for peace "for beloved Syria and Iraq." Delivering his annual urbi et orbi (to the city and the world) address for Easter Sunday in a rainy St. Peter's Square, the Argentine pontiff implored "the gift of peace for Nigeria, South Sudan, the various regions of Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. "

 "An incessant prayer arises from all men of good will for those who have lost their life -- I am thinking in particular of the young people killed" at Garissa, in Kenya, for those kidnapped and refugees, he said.

  "Peace for beloved Syria and Iraq, that the sound of weapons cease and good living together among the different groups be established again among the different groups that make up these beloved countries," the pope said, "the international community should not remain immobile."

  Francis also called for peace for the Holy Land, between Israelis and Palestinians. The pope also asked for peace in "Libya, that the absurd spilling of blood under way and every barbarous violence stop, and those who have the fate of the country at heart work for reconciliation and a fraternal society that respects the dignity of the person."