At Easter vigil, Pope Francis encourages hope amid 'icy winds of war'

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Pope Francis led the world's Roman Catholics into Easter at a Saturday (April 8) night vigil Mass in St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City decrying the 'icy winds of war' and other injustices. Read more at

Pope Francis presides over the Easter Vigil in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, April 8, 2023. REUTERS/Remo Casilli

Francis appeared to be well during the Easter Vigil service, during which he baptised eight adult converts to Catholicism. In his homily, read before about 8,000 people in Christendom's largest church, Francis spoke of the bitterness, dismay and disillusionment many feel today.

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