VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Carrying the cross means more than bearing personal suffering -- it means stepping into the pain of others and walking beside them, Pope Francis wrote at the start of Holy ...

Pope Francis, still recovering from respiratory infections, made only a brief appearance in the square at the end of Palm Sunday Mass.

VATICAN CITY — Carrying the cross means more than bearing personal suffering — it means stepping into the pain of others and walking beside them, Pope Francis wrote at the start of Holy Week. “To ...

Young people carry palm and olive branches in St. Peter’s Square as they take part in the entrance procession at the start of Palm Sunday Mass at the Vatican April 13, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez) ...

It’s Palm Sunday, the beginning of the Christian Holy Week, leading up to the celebration of Easter next Sunday, April 20. Millions of Christians worldwide carry palm leaves in processions today ...

Carrying the cross means more than bearing personal suffering -- it means stepping into the pain of others and walking beside them, Pope Francis wrote at the start of Holy Week. "To carry the cross of ...

Carrying the cross means more than bearing personal suffering -- it means stepping into the pain of others and walking beside them, Pope Francis wrote at the start of Holy Week.