Palm Sunday

Sunday, April 10, 2022, is Palm Sunday — also called Passion Sunday — the day that Christians commemorate the entrance of Jesus into the holy city of ...

Truth unleashes love and allows for the birth of greater things." "In the spirit of Palm Sunday, we cannot remain silent. "Truth changes the world by being lived and spoken. In this way, explained Kirby, "Palm Sunday is a celebration of truth. "Palm Sunday is a celebration of truth. As described in the Bible, palm leaves and clothes were laid down as a path for Jesus as he arrived by donkey.

Many Christian faithful made small crosses from palms to celebrate the day and some churches also held processions, reenacting Christ's entry into Jerusalem.

In his message, Pope Francis called for an Easter truce in Ukraine to pave the way for peace through “real negotiations”. The palm branches, for most Christians, signify goodness and victory. The day symbolises the entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem where he triumphantly rode on a donkey a week before his resurrection.

It is celebrated by Catholic and Protestant churches apart from the Orthodox Christian community who celebrate it later because they follow the Julian calendar.

It falls on the Sunday before Easter and is always a movable feast. Six family members have perished in an overnight house fire incident that neighbours suspect to be an arson attack. Some Christians fold the palm fronds into crosses and keep them in their homes.

Celebrating Palm Sunday Mass before crowds in St_ Peter's Square for the first time since the pandemic, Pope Francis has said that the “folly of war” leads ...

After two years of celebrating Palm Sunday Mass inside St. Peter’s Basilica without a crowd due to pandemic distancing measures, the solemn celebration returned to the square outside. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. We see this in the folly of war, where Christ is crucified yet another time.”

Presiding over the liturgy of Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion, Pope Francis encourages us to journey toward Easter with God's forgiveness, and ...

"The good thief accepted God as his life was ending, and in this way, his life began anew," the Pope said. We lose sight of why we are in the world and evFhimen end up committing senseless acts of cruelty." This, the Holy Father explained, "is how Jesus acts in our regard: He makes Himself our advocate. God, the Pope reminded, "sees a son or a daughter in each person." Jesus, the Pope recalled, did not rebuke His executioners or threaten punishments in the name of God, but rather prayed for the evildoers. The Lord did not defend or justify Himself. Rather, He prayed to the Father, offered mercy to the good thief, and said: “Father, forgive them” amid "the most searing physical pain" of His Passion.

In his first outdoor Mass in over two years, Pope Francis on Palm Sunday refrained from directly mentioning the conflict in Ukraine but said Jesus's violent ...

“Gazing upon our violent and tormented world, he never tires of repeating: Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.” The Lord asks us to respond not as we feel, or as everyone else does, but in the way he acts toward us,” which is with forgiveness and love, he said. Jesus’s arrest, trials, and crucifixion were clearly “premeditated,” yet instead of condemning those responsible, “Christ justifies those violent men by saying: they know not. Jesus does not separate people into categories or labeling them “good” or “bad,” Pope Francis said. We lose sight of why we are in the world and even end up committing senseless acts of cruelty,” the pope said, speaking to pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square. “He is crucified in refugees who flee from bombs with children in their arms.

Pope Francis opened Holy Week Sunday with a call for an Easter truce in Ukraine to make room for a negotiated peace, highlighting the need for leaders to ...

After two years of celebrating Palm Sunday Mass inside St. Peter’s Basilica without a crowd due to pandemic distancing measures, the solemn celebration returned to the square outside. Traditionally, the pope leads a Palm Sunday procession through St. Peter’s Square before celebrating Mass. Francis has been suffering from a strained ligament in his right knee that has caused him to limp, and he was driven in a black car to the altar, which he then reached with the help of an aide. We see this in the folly of war, where Christ is crucified yet another time,” he said. A truce to reach peace through real negotiations.” VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis opened Holy Week Sunday with a call for an Easter truce in Ukraine to make room for a negotiated peace, highlighting the need for leaders to “make some sacrifices for the good of the people.” Pope Francis opened Holy Week Sunday with a call for an Easter truce in Ukraine to make room for a negotiated peace, highlighting the need for leaders to “make some sacrifices for the good of the people.”

Celebrating Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square, Pope Francis said that the “folly of war” leads people to commit “senseless acts of cruelty.”

We see this in the folly of war, where Christ is crucified yet another time.” No. A truce to achieve peace through real negotiations," the Pontiff said, after celebrating Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square. Pope Francis has used his Palm Sunday address to call for "Easter truce" in Ukraine as he lamented "the folly of war."

Pope Francis on Sunday called for an Easter ceasefire in Ukraine to pave the way for peace through “real negotiation”. “Let the Easter truce begin.

— a truce that will lead to peace, through real negotiation,” he told a public mass at Saint Peter’s Square. Moscow has not provided any evidence to back up its claim. “Let the Easter truce begin.

Pope Francis on Sunday called for an Easter truce in Ukraine, and in an apparent reference to Russia, questioned the value of planting a victory flag "on a ...

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Its numerous events will test the pope's stamina. But he has referred to Russia by using terms such as invasion and aggression. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com "Put the weapons down! Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com

Vatican City, Apr 10 (EFE).- Pope Francis on Sunday denounced the “folly of war” in a “violent and tormented world” during his Palm Sunday homily.

“We see this in the folly of war, where Christ is crucified yet another time”. “He is crucified in refugees who flee from bombs with children in their arms. He is crucified in the elderly left alone to die; in young people deprived of a future; in soldiers sent to kill their brothers and sisters,” he continued.

Pope Francis celebrates Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. The Roman Catholic Church enters Holy Week, retracing the story of the ...

Celebrating Palm Sunday Mass before crowds in St. Peter's Square for the first time since the pandemic, Pope Francis called for a truce.

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Today's Palm Sunday message comes from the Rev. Will Shewey, pastor at Shades of Grace United Methodist Church in Kingsport.

This 40-day Lenten journey began on Ash Wednesday. Dried palm leaves left over from last year’s Palm Sunday observance were burned, and the ashes were smudged upon believers’ foreheads in the image of a cross. I always remind each one that this branch is a testimony of sharing faith. He crosses the threshold of the Mount of Olives for a final visit. Surely, he who comes in the name of the Lord will set up an earthly kingdom and reign from the throne once occupied by David. They had missed the point of all his sermons. Lent comes from an old English word that means “spring.” As the holiday called Easter draws near, we celebrate new life and resurrection from the sleep of winter that has covered earth. Christians around the world have been observing a 40-day liturgical season called Lent. The focus has been upon repentance.

By Henriette Chacar JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prayers in Arabic and Latin echoed in the rotunda of Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Sunday as C...

“We would earn almost as much as the rest of the year in this one month. The Holy Sepulchre lies at the heart of the Old City’s Christian Quarter in East Jerusalem, which Israel captured in a 1967 war and later annexed. The day marks the start of Holy Week for Roman Catholics. We have a lot of pilgrims, a lot of local Christians. We are very happy. “After two years of COVID, of restrictions, of closed churches, today we are in a normal atmosphere. We have forgotten that there are holidays, that’s how bad it is.”

Pontiff appears to criticise Russia, asking 'what kind of victory would be one that plants a flag on a heap of rubble?'

Its numerous events will test the pope’s stamina. “Put the weapons down! Let an Easter truce start.

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis called for an Easter truce in Ukraine and condemned the folly of war as he led Palm Sunday services ...

But he has referred to Russia by using terms such as invasion and aggression. Its numerous events will test the pope's stamina. At the end of the service, Francis was driven around the crowd while seated in a open white "popemobile", something he had not done for three years on Palm Sunday because of the pandemic. "Put the weapons down! A flare-up of pain in his knee forced Francis, 85, to skip the traditional procession from the obelisk at the centre of the square to the altar on the steps of St. Peter's Basilica. VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis on Sunday called for an Easter truce in Ukraine, and in an apparent reference to Russia, questioned the value of planting a victory flag "on a heap of rubble".

Celebrating Palm Sunday Mass before crowds in St. Peter's Square for the first time since the pandemic, Pope Francis called for a truce.

Traditionally, the pope leads a Palm Sunday procession through St. Peter's Square before celebrating Mass. Francis has been suffering from a strained ligament in his right knee that has caused him to limp, and he was driven in a black car to the altar, which he then reached with the help of an aide. After two years of celebrating Palm Sunday Mass inside St. Peter's Basilica without a crowd due to pandemic distancing measures, the solemn celebration returned to the square outside. We see this in the folly of war, where Christ is crucified yet another time," he said. A truce to reach peace through real negotiations." During the traditional Sunday blessing following Palm Sunday Mass, the pontiff said leaders should be "willing to make some sacrifices for the good of the people." VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis opened Holy Week Sunday with a call for an Easter truce in Ukraine to make room for a negotiated peace, highlighting the need for leaders to "make some sacrifices for the good of the people."

Around 500 worshippers passed through the huge wooden doors of the church that is the focus of the most important festival in the Christian calendar as the ...

"We would earn almost as much as the rest of the year in this one month. The Holy Sepulchre lies at the heart of the Old City's Christian Quarter in East Jerusalem, which Israel captured in a 1967 war and later annexed. We have a lot of pilgrims, a lot of local Christians. We are very happy. The day marks the start of Holy Week for Roman Catholics. We have forgotten that there are holidays, that's how bad it is." "After two years of COVID, of restrictions, of closed churches, today we are in a normal atmosphere.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of Christian pilgrims took part in Palm Sunday celebrations in Jerusalem at the start of the Holy Week.

Pope Francis urged negotiations to find a solution to the conflict. In an apparent reference to Russia, he said: 'What kind of victory would be one that ...

He watched instead while seated at the altar, to where he was driven in a small car. He also urged negotiations to find a solution to the conflict. In an apparent reference to Russia, he said: ‘What kind of victory would be one that plants a flag on a heap of rubble?’ Ukraine is predominantly Orthodox. Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter a week later, on April 24. Francis has already rejected that terminology, calling it a war. "Put the weapons down!

Thousands of Christian pilgrims have taken part in Palm Sunday celebrations in Jerusalem at the start of the Holy Week.

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. It also is taking place as tensions between Israelis and Palestinians are rising amid a spate of recent Palestinian attacks in Israel that have prompted military raids in the occupied West Bank in response. Thousands of Christian pilgrims took part in Palm Sunday celebrations in Jerusalem at the start of the Holy Week.

Thousands of Christian pilgrims have taken part in Palm Sunday celebrations in Jerusalem at the start of the Holy Week.

It also is taking place as tensions between Israelis and Palestinians are rising amid a spate of recent Palestinian attacks in Israel that have prompted military raids in the occupied West Bank in response. JERUSALEM -- Thousands of Christian pilgrims took part in Palm Sunday celebrations in Jerusalem at the start of the Holy Week. Thousands of Christian pilgrims have taken part in Palm Sunday celebrations in Jerusalem at the start of the Holy Week

Hundreds of Christian worshipers attended Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre to mark the holiday of Palm Sunday for the first time after two years of ...

"We would earn almost as much as the rest of the year in this one month. Members of the different churches in the city are regularly harassed by Israeli security forces and face restrictions. The day marks the start of Holy Week for Roman Catholics. We have a lot of pilgrims, a lot of local Christians. We are very happy. We have forgotten that there are holidays, that's how bad it is." Prayers in Arabic and Latin echoed in the rotunda of Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Sunday as Palestinian Christians were joined by others from around the world to attend a Palm Sunday mass after two years of Covid-19 travel restrictions.

Pakistani Christians take part in Palm Sunday celebrations in Lahore, Pakistan on April 10, 2022. Palm Sunday, a Christian feast that falls on the Sunday ...

Palm Sunday, a Christian feast that falls on the Sunday before Easter, marks the beginning of the Holy Week. (Xinhua/Bilal Jawich) A boy holds an olive branch during a celebration of Palm Sunday in Beirut, Lebanon, on April 10, 2022. A Christian clergyman blesses the olive branch during a celebration of Palm Sunday in Beirut, Lebanon, on April 10, 2022.

Visitors, alongside locals and foreigners residing in the Holy Land, took part in the traditional procession on foot from the Mount of Olives, to the Old City, ...

The marchers went up the slopes of the Mount of Olives for the first time since 2019 due to coronavirus restrictions, which limited the Easter celebrations to locals and residents over the past couple of years. These feelings are shared by other international travelers who took advantage of the elimination of nearly all travel restrictions to experience the Holy Week celebrations in Jerusalem. Visitors, alongside locals and foreigners residing in the Holy Land, took part in the traditional procession on foot from the Mount of Olives, to the Old City, following the path Jesus trod on his triumphal entry into Jerusalem.

Prayers in Arabic and Latin echoed in the rotunda of Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Sunday as Christians from around the world were once again ...

"We would earn almost as much as the rest of the year in this one month. The Holy Sepulchre lies at the heart of the Old City's Christian Quarter in East Jerusalem, which Israel captured in a 1967 war and later annexed. The day marks the start of Holy Week for Roman Catholics. We have a lot of pilgrims, a lot of local Christians. We are very happy. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com

Salt Lake Tribune religion reporter Peggy Fletcher Stack writes about Palm Sunday in Jerusalem.

“This makes me feel bonded to other Christians.” “The church is incomplete without us.” This one is about Palm Sunday, the traditional start of Christian Holy Week, from Jerusalem.

Hope Methodist Church in Southfield was one of the hundreds of churches hosting in-person services again.

The blessings of God are in front of us.” “The doors are open. Those in the Christian faith on Sunday celebrated Palm Sunday, the first time in years services on Palm Sunday were held in person because of the pandemic.

Thousands of Christian pilgrims have taken part in Palm Sunday celebrations in Jerusalem at the start of the Holy Week.

Waterlooville Palm Sunday celebration. Picture: Sam Stephenson. Worshippers from St George's Church met outside the Heroes pub before walking together to the ...

The Eucharist of Easter Day will be held at 8am and 10am on Easter Sunday, followed by the Easter Vigil, lighting of the Easter fire and the first Mass of Easter at 7.30pm. The Stations of the Cross service will take place at 6pm in St George’s Church on April 11, 12, and 13. The day marks the beginning of Holy Week, the final week of Lent, and comes before Holy Thursday, the day of Jesus’s arrest, the crucifixion on Good Friday, and then Easter Sunday.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of Christian pilgrims took part in Palm Sunday celebrations in Jerusalem at the start of the Holy Week. The holiday this year comes ...

The procession made its way from the Mount of Olives past the Garden of Gethsemane where, according to biblical tradition, Jesus was betrayed, then finally into the alleyways of the Old City. It also is taking place as tensions between Israelis and Palestinians are rising amid a spate of recent Palestinian attacks in Israel that have prompted military raids in the occupied West Bank in response. Palm Sunday commemorates Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem and is the start of the church’s most solemn week, which includes the Good Friday re-enactment of Jesus’ crucifixion and death and his resurrection on Easter.

Penitents of 'La Paz' brotherhood parade during the Holy Week's Palm Sunday procession in Seville on April 10, 2022. Christian believers around the world ...