Pope carries Easter candle up aisle of darkened basilica

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has carried a lit candle up the main aisle of a darkened St. Peter’s Basilica in a dramatic Saturday Easter vigil ritual.
The pontiff, prelates and other faithful also clutching candles appeared as slow-moving points of light in darkness, part of a procession symbolizing Christians’ belief that Jesus triumphed over death by resurrection following crucifixion.
At the chant in Latin for “light of Christ, the basilica’s lights were sudd