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Pope Leo XIV waves as he rides past people holding branches after Palm Sunday Mass in Saint Peter’s Square at the Vatican, March 29, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Pope Leo said on Sunday (March 29, 2026) that God rejects the prayers of leaders who start wars and have “hands full of blood”, in unusually…
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Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, sits in the Church of All Nations on the day of a prayer service to mark Palm Sunday, following the cancellation of the traditional Palm Sunday procession from the Mount of Olives, amid restrictions on gathering in large groups and the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Jerusalem,…
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Pope Leo XIV leaves after presiding over Mass in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on the Catholic feast of Palm Sunday, commemorating Jesus’ arrival in Jerusalem, on March 29, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Pope Leo XIV on Sunday (March 29, 2026) rejected claims that God justifies war and prayed especially for Christians in…
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The church in northern Gaza is a short drive from Al-Shifa hospital The faithful walked slowly in a procession past the stone facade of Gaza’s only Catholic church on Palm Sunday, gathering to pray for peace as war raged around them. Holy Family Church’s tranquil courtyard, filled with dozens of children and older people, belied…