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Monsignor Massimiliano Matteo Boiardi, left, holds a microphone for Pope Francis as he wishes a good Palm Sunday and Holy Week to faithful who attended Mass on Palm Sunday in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

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Pope Francis appears at the Gemelli Hospital in Rome on March 23, 2025. (Credit: Domenico Stinellis/AP.)

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Monsignor Massimiliano Matteo Boiardi, left, holds a microphone for Pope Francis as he wishes a good Palm Sunday and Holy Week to faithful who attended Mass on Palm Sunday in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

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Catholic faithful march carrying Palm fronds to celebrate Palm Sunday, on the streets of Lagos, Nigeria, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (Credit: Sunday Alamba/AP.)

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A Catholic holds cross made of blessed palm leaves during a Palm Sunday mass at Mariarani Cathedral in Nalgonda, Telangana State, India, Sunday, April 13, 2025. Palm Sunday marks the sixth and last Sunday of the Christian Holy month of Lent. (Credit: Mahesh Kumar A./AP.)

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