My Way News - Japan's Christians celebrate Easter amid disaster
My Way News reports: "Christians represent a tiny minority in Japan - less than 1 percent of the population by most estimates. Although Christianity has centuries-old roots in the country, the religion has struggled to gain momentum as it has in neighboring South Korea and China. Japanese society today is largely secular, sprinkled with Shinto and Buddhist ritual depending on the occasion."

My Way News - In Easter message, pope urges diplomacy in Libya
My Way News reports: "This year, Easter fell on the same day in the Orthodox and Roman Catholic church calendars, and in Jerusalem, Orthodox and Catholics worshipped at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, revered as the site of Jesus' Good Friday crucifixion and burial and of his resurrection on Easter Sunday. Protestants held their own ceremonies outside the walled Old City at the Garden Tomb, which some identify as the site of Jesus' burial."