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Apr 10, 2022 11:15 AM CDT

Pope Decries the 'Folly of War'

On Palm Sunday, Francis urges truce in Ukraine to allow peace talks

(Newser) - Pope Francis opened Holy Week on 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 before crowds in St. Peter's...

Bombing as Mass Ends
Leaves at Least 20 Wounded

Mar 28, 2021 10:30 AM CDT

Bombing as Mass Ends Leaves at Least 20 Wounded

Attackers at Indonesian cathedral set off explosion when guards approached

(Newser) - Two attackers rode a motorbike into a cathedral compound in Indonesia as Palm Sunday mass ended, setting off a bomb that injured at least 20 people. Police said the wounded include churchgoers and four security guards, Yahoo News reports. "We were finishing the service and people were going home...

It's a Very Lonely Palm Sunday

Apr 5, 2020 6:43 AM CDT

It's a Very Lonely Palm Sunday

Pope Francis celebrates Mass without the public

(Newser) - Pope Francis is celebrating Palm Sunday Mass without the public, reports the AP , since the traditional ceremony in St. Peter’s Square was scrapped because of the coronavirus pandemic. Normally, tens of thousands of Romans, tourists, and pilgrims, clutching olive tree branches or palm fronds would have flocked to an...

Pope to the
Kids: Keep
Shouting

Mar 25, 2018 5:33 AM CDT

Pope to the Kids: Keep Shouting

'The temptation to silence young people has always existed'

(Newser) - A day after hundreds of thousands of young people took to the streets to call for gun control, an old man used his bully pulpit to urge them to keep shouting, reports Reuters . Speaking at his Palm Sunday Mass, 81-year-old Pope Francis warned that "the temptation to silence young...

ISIS Claims Palm Sunday
Bombings That Kill 37

UPDATED

Apr 9, 2017 8:37 AM CDT

ISIS Claims Palm Sunday Bombings That Kill 37

Coptic Christians targeted twice in Egypt

(Newser) - Bombs tore through two Egyptian churches as worshippers were marking Palm Sunday, killing at least 37 people and wounding around 100 in an assault claimed by the Islamic State, reports the AP . In the first attack, a bomb exploded at Saint George church in the Nile Delta city of Tanta,...

Bomb Kills 25
Palm Sunday
Worshippers

Apr 9, 2017 6:02 AM CDT

Bomb Kills 25 Palm Sunday Worshippers

At least 71 injured in Cairo explosion targeting Christians

(Newser) - A bomb exploded in a church north of Cairo that was packed with Palm Sunday worshippers, killing at least 25 people and wounding 71 others, reports the AP. The attack in the Nile Delta town of Tanta was the latest in a series of assaults on Egypt's Christian minority,...

Pope Poses for Selfies After Palm Sunday Remarks

Now Pope Poses for Selfies

Apr 13, 2014 12:48 PM CDT

Now Pope Poses for Selfies

Pontiff went off-script during Palm Sunday homily

(Newser) - Pope Francis, marking Palm Sunday in a packed St. Peter's Square, ignored his prepared homily and spoke entirely off-the-cuff in a remarkable departure from practice. Later, he continued to stray from the script by hopping off his popemobile to pose for "selfies" with young people and also sipping...

Scandal Swirls
as Pope Opens
Holy Week

Mar 28, 2010 5:49 AM CDT

Scandal Swirls as Pope Opens Holy Week

Vatican digs in, insists Benedict acted appropriately

(Newser) - Pope Benedict XVI has opened the church's solemn Holy Week amid increasing questions about his own handling of priest sex abuse cases. Benedict's procession entered St. Peter's Square today at the start of Palm Sunday Mass. The pontiff, in crimson and golden vestments, waved to the throngs of faithful waving...

Pope Slams Iraq War

Mar 16, 2008 1:00 PM CDT

Pope Slams Iraq War

Speaks to faithful in Palm Sunday Mass

(Newser) - Pope Benedict XVI harshly criticized the Iraq war today at the close of a Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square, the AP reports. “Enough with the slaughters. Enough with the violence. Enough with the hatred,” he said to applause from a crowd of thousands. He said...

St. Patty's, Holy Week Collide

Feb 21, 2008 4:14 PM CST

St. Patty's, Holy Week Collide

Some Irish organizations reschedule parades from Palm Sunday; others stand firm

(Newser) - This year’s calendar sees St. Patrick’s Day (March 17) falling during the week preceding Easter, which has caused most organizers to move parades forward to avoid forcing Irish Catholics to choose between heritage and the church's Holy Week, the Boston Globe reports. South Boston planners, however, refused to...