Thousands of Christians gathered in Qaraqosh, Iraq, to welcome Christ as king and prince of peace as Holy Week began for ...

Thousands celebrate the beginning of Holy Week on April 13, 2025, with a Palm Sunday procession in Qaraqosh ... beautiful expressions of the Lord’s entrance into Jerusalem.

The airport's closure was not due to bad weather or a technical glitch, as one might assume, but to make way for a Hindu temple procession that marches right across its runway. Devotees pull ...

and a candle (as at the Easter Vigil). The Entrance Procession: Servers (properly vested, of course) lead the procession, carrying cross and candles. (Incense could also be used, the thurifer ...

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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) ...

Thousands of Christians gathered in Qaraqosh, Iraq, to welcome Christ as king and prince of peace as Holy Week began for Christians throughout the world.

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 ...

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