Browsing: Palm Sunday

The faithful walked slowly in a procession past the stone facade of Gaza’s only Catholic church on Palm Sunday, gathering to pray for peace as war raged around them. Pope Francis sent prayers to the victims of the concert hall attack in Moscow, calling the violence "inhuman acts" that offended God. Russia observed a national […]

Pope Francis chose to skip his homily during Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square at the last minute, avoiding a strenuous speech at the beginning of a busy Holy Week.

The President, Christian Association of Nigeria, Daniel Okoh, has urged Christians to be beacons of hope and agents of change, despite the situation in the country, in the spirit of the Palm Sunday celebrations. The CAN President made the plea in a message to Christians on Sunday, where he also urged them to emulate the […]

Pope Francis on Sunday sent prayers to the victims of the concert hall attack in Moscow, calling the violence “inhuman acts” that offended God. “I assure my prayers for the victims of the cowardly terrorist attack carried out the other evening in Moscow,” said the 87-year-old pope, following a Palm Sunday mass in Saint Peter’s Square. […]