On Friday night the pope, marking his seventh Easter season as Roman Catholic leader, was due to lead a Via Crucis.
Pope Francis lies on the floor during the Good Friday Passion of the Lord service in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, April 19, 2019.VATICAN CITY - 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.
The service is one of the few during the year where the pope does not give a sermon, leaving it to Father Raniero Cantalamessa, whose title is preacher of the papal household. "A few privileged people possess more goods than they could ever consume, while for entire centuries countless masses of poor people have lived without having a piece of bread or a sip of water to give their children," Canatalamessa said.
It was the first of two services at which the pope presides on the most sombre day of the Christian liturgical calendar.
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