Papal Good Friday service draws attention to world's poor


  • World
  • Saturday, 20 Apr 2019

Pope Francis leads the Good Friday Passion of the Lord service in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, April 19, 2019. REUTERS/Remo Casilli

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis listened as a preacher denounced the widespread inequality in the world at a Good Friday service on the day Christians recall Jesus' death by crucifixion.

During the "Passion of the Lord" service in St. Peter's Basilica, songs in Latin recounted the last hours in Jesus' life, from his arrest to his burial.

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