Mass goers at St Peter’s hear crucifixion changed "forever the very face of death"
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Pope Francis has prostrated himself in prayer during a solemn Good Friday service in St Peter’s Basilica in which Mass goers heard that the Cross was God’s definitive ’No’ to violence, injustice, hate and lies.
The 80-year-old pope lay for several minutes before the central altar.
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