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1/23Penitents wait inside a church before taking part in the "Humildad" brotherhood's Palm Sunday procession in Malaga
Penitents wait inside a church before taking part in the "Humildad" brotherhood's Palm Sunday procession in Malaga, southern Spain, April 13, 2014. Hundreds of Easter processions take place round-the-clock during Holy Week in Spain, drawing thousands of visitors. REUTERS/Jon Nazca (SPAIN - Tags: RELIGION)REUTERS- 2/23
Pope Francis Celebrates Mass, Takes Selfies
Pope Francis celebrated Palm Sunday Mass at the Vatican Sunday morning, marking the beginning of Holy Week for the Roman Catholic Church. He mingled with the crowd after the ceremony, posing for selfies with young pilgrims. Photo: AP ![A penitent walks past a woman on his way to a church before taking part in the procession of "La Borriquita" brotherhood on Palm Sunday in the Andalusian capital of Seville, southern Spain, April 13, 2014. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo (SPAIN - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)]()
3/23A penitent walks past a woman on his way to a church before taking part in the procession of "La Borriquita" brotherhood on Palm Sunday in Seville
A penitent walks past a woman on his way to a church before taking part in the procession of "La Borriquita" brotherhood on Palm Sunday in the Andalusian capital of Seville, southern Spain, April 13, 2014. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo (SPAIN - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)REUTERS![Photographers take pictures of penitents of "La Borriquita" brotherhood on Palm Sunday in the Andalusian capital of Seville, southern Spain, April 13, 2014. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo (SPAIN - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY)]()
4/23Photographers take pictures of penitents of "La Borriquita" brotherhood on Palm Sunday in Seville
Photographers take pictures of penitents of "La Borriquita" brotherhood on Palm Sunday in the Andalusian capital of Seville, southern Spain, April 13, 2014. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo (SPAIN - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY)REUTERS![View of interior of St Joseph Cathedral during a Catholic Palm Sunday mass in Bucharest April 13, 2014. Palm Sunday commemorates Jesus Christ's triumphant entry into Jerusalem, before he was crucified. Catholic believers celebrate Easter on April 20, together with Romania's Christian Orthodox majority. REUTERS/Bogdan Cristel (ROMANIA - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY)]()
5/23View of interior of St Joseph Cathedral during a Catholic Palm Sunday mass in Bucharest
View of interior of St Joseph Cathedral during a Catholic Palm Sunday mass in Bucharest April 13, 2014. Palm Sunday commemorates Jesus Christ's triumphant entry into Jerusalem, before he was crucified. Catholic believers celebrate Easter on April 20, together with Romania's Christian Orthodox majority. REUTERS/Bogdan Cristel (ROMANIA - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY)REUTERS![A child holds a flower while sitting on her father's shoulders during a Catholic Palm Sunday pilgrimage in Bucharest April 13, 2014. Palm Sunday commemorates Jesus Christ's triumphant entry into Jerusalem, before he was crucified. Catholic believers celebrate Easter on April 20, together with Romania's Christian Orthodox majority. REUTERS/Bogdan Cristel (ROMANIA - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY)]()
6/23A child holds a flower while sitting on her father's shoulders during a Catholic Palm Sunday pilgrimage in Bucharest
A child holds a flower while sitting on her father's shoulders during a Catholic Palm Sunday pilgrimage in Bucharest April 13, 2014. Palm Sunday commemorates Jesus Christ's triumphant entry into Jerusalem, before he was crucified. Catholic believers celebrate Easter on April 20, together with Romania's Christian Orthodox majority. REUTERS/Bogdan Cristel (ROMANIA - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY)REUTERS![View of interior of St Joseph Cathedral during a Catholic Palm Sunday mass in Bucharest April 13, 2014. Palm Sunday commemorates Jesus Christ's triumphant entry into Jerusalem, before he was crucified. Catholic believers celebrate Easter on April 20, together with Romania's Christian Orthodox majority. REUTERS/Bogdan Cristel (ROMANIA - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY)]()
7/23View of interior of St Joseph Cathedral during a Catholic Palm Sunday mass in Bucharest
View of interior of St Joseph Cathedral during a Catholic Palm Sunday mass in Bucharest April 13, 2014. Palm Sunday commemorates Jesus Christ's triumphant entry into Jerusalem, before he was crucified. Catholic believers celebrate Easter on April 20, together with Romania's Christian Orthodox majority. REUTERS/Bogdan Cristel (ROMANIA - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY)REUTERS![Catholic worshippers take part in a Palm Sunday pilgrimage in Bucharest April 13, 2014. Palm Sunday commemorates Jesus Christ's triumphant entry into Jerusalem, before he was crucified. Catholic believers celebrate Easter on April 20, together with Romania's Christian Orthodox majority. REUTERS/Bogdan Cristel (ROMANIA - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY)]()
8/23Catholic worshippers take part in a Palm Sunday pilgrimage in Bucharest
Catholic worshippers take part in a Palm Sunday pilgrimage in Bucharest April 13, 2014. Palm Sunday commemorates Jesus Christ's triumphant entry into Jerusalem, before he was crucified. Catholic believers celebrate Easter on April 20, together with Romania's Christian Orthodox majority. REUTERS/Bogdan Cristel (ROMANIA - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY)REUTERS![Penitents walk on their way to a church before taking part in the procession of "La Paz" (The Peace) brotherhood on Palm Sunday in the Andalusian capital of Seville, southern Spain, April 13, 2014. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo (SPAIN - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY)]()
9/23Penitents walk on their way to a church before taking part in the procession of "La Paz" brotherhood on Palm Sunday in Seville
Penitents walk on their way to a church before taking part in the procession of "La Paz" (The Peace) brotherhood on Palm Sunday in the Andalusian capital of Seville, southern Spain, April 13, 2014. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo (SPAIN - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY)REUTERS![Egyptian Copts attend a mass on Palm Sunday in old Cairo, April 13, 2014. Palm Sunday marks the day that the Bible says Jesus rode into Jerusalem to the cheers of the crowds the week before Christians believe he rose from the dead. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT - Tags: RELIGION)]()
10/23Egyptian Copts attend a mass on Palm Sunday in old Cairo
Egyptian Copts attend a mass on Palm Sunday in old Cairo, April 13, 2014. Palm Sunday marks the day that the Bible says Jesus rode into Jerusalem to the cheers of the crowds the week before Christians believe he rose from the dead. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT - Tags: RELIGION)REUTERS![Catholic faithful hold palm fronds during a Palm Sunday procession on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, April 13, 2014. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (ISRAEL - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY)]()
11/23Catholic faithful hold palm fronds during a Palm Sunday procession in Jerusalem
Catholic faithful hold palm fronds during a Palm Sunday procession on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, April 13, 2014. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (ISRAEL - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY)REUTERS![A Catholic nun holds a palm frond as she looks across from the Mount of Olives toward Jerusalem's Old City and the Dome of the Rock on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, during a Palm Sunday procession, April 13, 2014. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (ISRAEL - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)]()
12/23A Catholic nun holds a palm frond as she looks toward Jerusalem's Old City
A Catholic nun holds a palm frond as she looks across from the Mount of Olives toward Jerusalem's Old City and the Dome of the Rock on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, during a Palm Sunday procession, April 13, 2014. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (ISRAEL - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)REUTERS![Penitents wait inside a church before they take part in the "Humildad" brotherhood Palm Sunday procession at the start of Holy Week in Malaga, southern Spain, April 13, 2014. Hundreds of Easter processions take place round-the-clock during Holy Week in Spain, drawing thousands of visitors. REUTERS/Jon Nazca (SPAIN - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION)]()
13/23Penitents wait inside a church before they take part in the "Humildad" brotherhood Palm Sunday procession at the start of Holy Week in Malaga
Penitents wait inside a church before they take part in the "Humildad" brotherhood Palm Sunday procession at the start of Holy Week in Malaga, southern Spain, April 13, 2014. Hundreds of Easter processions take place round-the-clock during Holy Week in Spain, drawing thousands of visitors. REUTERS/Jon Nazca (SPAIN - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION)REUTERS![A member of the Catholic clergy holds a palm frond during a Palm Sunday procession on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem April 13,2014. Pictured in the background is the Dome of the Rock on the compound known to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif and to Jews as the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City. REUTERS/Baz Ratner(JERUSALEM - Tags: RELIGION)]()
14/23A member of the Catholic clergy holds a palm frond during a Palm Sunday procession on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem
A member of the Catholic clergy holds a palm frond during a Palm Sunday procession on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem April 13,2014. Pictured in the background is the Dome of the Rock on the compound known to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif and to Jews as the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City. REUTERS/Baz Ratner(JERUSALEM - Tags: RELIGION)REUTERS![A girl attends a liturgy to mark the Palm Sunday at St. Isaac's Cathedral in St. Petersburg April 13, 2014. More than 2000 children from Orthodox religious schools, cadets of the Suvorov military school and the Nakhimov naval school took part in a religious procession and a liturgy at St. Isaac's Cathedral. Palm Sunday commemorates Christ's triumphant entry into Jerusalem a week before his crucifixion. REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk (RUSSIA - Tags: RELIGION)]()
15/23A girl attends a liturgy to mark the Palm Sunday at St. Isaac's Cathedral in St. Petersburg
A girl attends a liturgy to mark the Palm Sunday at St. Isaac's Cathedral in St. Petersburg April 13, 2014. More than 2000 children from Orthodox religious schools, cadets of the Suvorov military school and the Nakhimov naval school took part in a religious procession and a liturgy at St. Isaac's Cathedral. Palm Sunday commemorates Christ's triumphant entry into Jerusalem a week before his crucifixion. REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk (RUSSIA - Tags: RELIGION)REUTERS![Egyptian Copts weave palm fronds to make decorations during Palm Sunday in old Cairo, April 13, 2014. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT - Tags: RELIGION)]()
16/23Egyptian Copts weave palm fronds to make decorations during Palm Sunday in old Cairo
Egyptian Copts weave palm fronds to make decorations during Palm Sunday in old Cairo, April 13, 2014. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT - Tags: RELIGION)REUTERS![Migrant Copts wearing decorations from palm walk towards a church to celebrate Palm Sunday in old Cairo, April 13, 2014. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT - Tags: RELIGION)]()
17/23Migrant Copts wearing decorations from palm walk towards a church to celebrate Palm Sunday in old Cairo
Migrant Copts wearing decorations from palm walk towards a church to celebrate Palm Sunday in old Cairo, April 13, 2014. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT - Tags: RELIGION)REUTERS![Catholics carry a statue of Jesus Christ on a donkey during a Palm Sunday procession outside the Metropolitan Cathedral in Caacupe April 13, 2014. Palm Sunday commemorates Jesus Christ's triumphant entry into Jerusalem on the back of a donkey and marks the start of Holy Week. REUTERS/Jorge Adorno (PARAGUAY - Tags: RELIGION)]()
18/23Catholics carry a statue of Jesus Christ on a donkey during a Palm Sunday procession outside the Metropolitan Cathedral in Caacupe
Catholics carry a statue of Jesus Christ on a donkey during a Palm Sunday procession outside the Metropolitan Cathedral in Caacupe April 13, 2014. Palm Sunday commemorates Jesus Christ's triumphant entry into Jerusalem on the back of a donkey and marks the start of Holy Week. REUTERS/Jorge Adorno (PARAGUAY - Tags: RELIGION)REUTERS![Roman Catholic faithful raise palm fronds during a Palm Sunday celebration in the Our Lady of Schoenstatt Sanctuary in Ypacarai, April 13, 2014. REUTERS/Jorge Adorno (PARAGUAY - Tags: RELIGION)]()
19/23Roman Catholic faithful raise palm fronds during a Palm Sunday celebration in the Our Lady of Schoenstatt Sanctuary in Ypacarai
Roman Catholic faithful raise palm fronds during a Palm Sunday celebration in the Our Lady of Schoenstatt Sanctuary in Ypacarai, April 13, 2014. REUTERS/Jorge Adorno (PARAGUAY - Tags: RELIGION)REUTERS![Catholics carry a statue of Jesus Christ on a donkey during a Palm Sunday procession outside the Metropolitan Cathedral in Caacupe April 13, 2014. Palm Sunday commemorates Jesus Christ's triumphant entry into Jerusalem on the back of a donkey and marks the start of Holy Week. REUTERS/Jorge Adorno (PARAGUAY - Tags: RELIGION)]()
20/23Catholics carry a statue of Jesus Christ on a donkey during a Palm Sunday procession outside the Metropolitan Cathedral in Caacupe
Catholics carry a statue of Jesus Christ on a donkey during a Palm Sunday procession outside the Metropolitan Cathedral in Caacupe April 13, 2014. Palm Sunday commemorates Jesus Christ's triumphant entry into Jerusalem on the back of a donkey and marks the start of Holy Week. REUTERS/Jorge Adorno (PARAGUAY - Tags: RELIGION)REUTERS![Father Jose Kentenich holds palm fronds as he rides a donkey during a Palm Sunday celebration outside the Our Lady of Schoenstatt Sanctuary in Ypacarai, April 13, 2014. Palm Sunday commemorates Jesus Christ's triumphant entry into Jerusalem on the back of a donkey. REUTERS/Jorge Adorno (PARAGUAY - Tags: RELIGION)]()
21/23Father Jose Kentenich holds palm fronds as he rides a donkey during a Palm Sunday celebration outside the Our Lady of Schoenstatt Sanctuary in Ypacarai
Father Jose Kentenich holds palm fronds as he rides a donkey during a Palm Sunday celebration outside the Our Lady of Schoenstatt Sanctuary in Ypacarai, April 13, 2014. Palm Sunday commemorates Jesus Christ's triumphant entry into Jerusalem on the back of a donkey. REUTERS/Jorge Adorno (PARAGUAY - Tags: RELIGION)REUTERS![Father Jose Kentenich holds palm fronds as he rides a donkey during a Palm Sunday celebration outside the Our Lady of Schoenstatt Sanctuary in Ypacarai, April 13, 2014. Palm Sunday commemorates Jesus Christ's triumphant entry into Jerusalem on the back of a donkey. REUTERS/Jorge Adorno (PARAGUAY - Tags: RELIGION)]()
22/23Father Jose Kentenich holds palm fronds as he rides a donkey during a Palm Sunday celebration outside the Our Lady of Schoenstatt Sanctuary in Ypacarai
Father Jose Kentenich holds palm fronds as he rides a donkey during a Palm Sunday celebration outside the Our Lady of Schoenstatt Sanctuary in Ypacarai, April 13, 2014. Palm Sunday commemorates Jesus Christ's triumphant entry into Jerusalem on the back of a donkey. REUTERS/Jorge Adorno (PARAGUAY - Tags: RELIGION)REUTERS![Catholics attend a Palm Sunday celebration at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Caacupe April 13, 2014. Palm Sunday commemorates Jesus Christ's triumphant entry into Jerusalem on the back of a donkey. REUTERS/Jorge Adorno (PARAGUAY - Tags: RELIGION)]()
23/23Catholics attend a Palm Sunday celebration at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Caacupe
Catholics attend a Palm Sunday celebration at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Caacupe April 13, 2014. Palm Sunday commemorates Jesus Christ's triumphant entry into Jerusalem on the back of a donkey. REUTERS/Jorge Adorno (PARAGUAY - Tags: RELIGION)REUTERS
Yahoo News Canada
Followers around the world marked Palm Sunday with some traditional and untraditional ceremonies. 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 tea passed to him from the crowd. (The Canadian Press)
