Pope invites man seeking retrial over death sentence to mass in Tokyo

Pope Francis has invited an 83-year-old Japanese man whose death sentence has been suspended to a large-scale mass to be held Nov. 25 in Tokyo during the pope's visit to Japan, the Vatican said Friday.The Vatican said, however, that the pope has no plan to hold a meeting with Iwao Hakamada who was sentenced to death for a 1966 quadruple murder but released in 2014 under a district court ruling following a 48-year detention.Related coverage:Pope to seek nuclear weapons abolition in Hiroshima, Nagasaki speechExpectations pope will meet with ex-death row inmate growREAD FULL ARTICLE