As Easter nears, here's a simple guide to Palm Sunday, its significance in Christianity and where it fits in Holy Week 2026.

During Palm Sunday Mass, Pope Leo XIV said “brothers and sisters, this is our God: Jesus, King of Peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war. He does not listen to the prayers of those ...

Orthodox Christians attend Palm Sunday services in Greece and abroad, marking the start of Holy Week with prayer, tradition, ...

It’s Palm Sunday, the beginning of the Christian Holy Week, leading up to the celebration of Easter next Sunday, April 5. Millions of Christians worldwide carry palm leaves in processions today to ...

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In his first Palm Sunday homily, Pope Leo XIV proclaimed that Jesus, the King of Peace, embraces all suffering in human history and cries out from the cross ...

Pope Leo XIV says no one can use God to justify war and he's praying especially for Christians in the Middle East.

Believers around the world gather to celebrate Palm Sunday on March 29, 2026. Palm Sunday marks the triumphant entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem and ushers in Holy Week among the faithful worldwide ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered that the top Catholic clergy in Israel be allowed into the Church of the Holy Sepulchre ahead of Easter, in an attempt to calm tensions that ...

Palm Sunday 2026 marks the start of Holy Week, commemorating Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem before Easter.

The procession was organized in resistance to authoritarianism that organizers say President Donald Trump has embraced in the White House.