World leaders have voiced concern after Israeli police prevented Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Sunday ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getty Images Palm Sunday marks the start of Holy Week, one of the most sacred times in the Christian calendar. On this day, ...

Following a widespread backlash, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had asked “relevant authorities” to allow Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch, to hold services at ...

Israeli police have blocked top Catholic leaders from entering Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre for a private Palm ...

Pope Leo XIV caresses a child after presiding over Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on the Catholic feast of Palm Sunday, commemorating Jesus' arrival in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 29, 2026.

JERUSALEM, March 29 (Reuters) - Israel blocked Jerusalem's Catholic cardinal from marking Palm Sunday at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, sparking an international outcry that led Prime Minister ...

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

Each year, Palm Sunday marks the start of the Christian Holy Week leading up to Easter. In 2025, it will take place on April 13. The day commemorates when Jesus made his triumphant arrival into ...

Holy Week begins Sunday with Palm Sunday, which commemorates Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem shortly before his death. English-language Masses will be celebrated at 7:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. and a ...

As they walked through the streets of Qaraqosh, participants sang Palm Sunday hymns in both Arabic and Syriac and waved olive branches. Thousands celebrate the beginning of Holy Week on April 13, 2025 ...

ROME -- Pope Leo XIV on Sunday rejected claims that God justifies war and prayed especially for Christians in the Middle East during a Palm Sunday Mass before tens of thousands of people in St.