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BBC: Pope Francis leads Easter celebrations at St Peter’s Square

By BBC.

Published April 16, 2017 at 2:14 pm

Pope Francis waves to the crowd from the popemobile during the Easter Sunday mass at St Peter's square on April 16, in Vatican. Christians around the world are marking the Holy Week, commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, leading up to his resurrection on Easter.

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Pope Francis is leading Easter celebrations in front of thousands of pilgrims who have gathered in St Peter’s Square in the Vatican.

At an earlier vigil, he spoke of migrants’ pain, and criticised “paralysing and barren bureaucracies that stand in the way of change”.