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On Good Friday, Pope decries persecution of Christians

By REUTERS

APRIL 4, 2015 00:13

ROME - Pope Francis presided at two Good Friday services, praying for persecuted Christians a day after Islamist militants attacked a university in Kenya, killing at least 147 people.

Modern-day religious persecution was the common thread in both of the pope's appearances on the day Christians around the world commemorate Jesus' crucifixion.

"We see in you (Jesus) our persecuted brothers, beheaded and crucified because of their faith in you, before our eyes or often with our complicit silence," Francis said after a traditional Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) procession at Rome's ancient Colosseum.

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