Pope Francis looks on ahead of the Easter Vigil in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, April 16, 2022. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis condemned the cruelty of the war in Ukraine on Saturday at an Easter vigil Mass he attended but at which he did not preside, presumably because of leg pain that has forced him to curtail activities.
The Mass was attended by Ivan Fedorov, the mayor of Melitopol, who was detained by Russian forces last month and later freed in a prisoner exchange.
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