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‘Toward a more perfect union’: Pope Leo XIV on 250 years of US independence

Palm Sunday

Catholic worshipers carry their children on their shoulders as they march in a procession during a Palm Sunday Mass in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, March 29, 2026. The poster in the background reads in Arabic: “Honor, sacrifice and loyalty”. (Credit: Emilio Morenatti/AP.)

Photos show Lebanon’s Catholics marking Palm Sunday as the shadow of war weighs heavily

Mar 30
Hussein Malla,
Emilio Morenatti, Associated Press

A penitent of the 'Pollinita' brotherhood, dressed in a typical Apostle costume, holds an image symbolizing the apostles during the Holy Week procession in Cabra, southern Spain, Sunday, March 29, 2026. (Credit: Manu Fernandez/AP.)

Spain begins Holy Week with processions, palm branches and familiar faces

Mar 30
Sergio Rodrigo,
Teresa Medrano, Associated Press

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa at the Vatican on April 24, 2025. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Catholic cardinal refused entry to Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem

Mar 29
Crux Now Staff

A locked door and empty stairs leading to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City, closed to visitors amid heightened security during the war with Iran, Friday, March 27, 2026. (Credit: Mahmoud Illean/AP.)

Jerusalem heads into a subdued Passover and Easter under the shadow of the Iran war

Mar 29
Melanie Lidman,
Associated Press

Pope opens Holy Week condemning war waged in Jesus’s name

Mar 29
Elise Ann Allen

‘Pope of surprises’ puts in unscripted appearance at Palm Sunday Mass

Apr 13, 2025
Elise Ann Allen

Raspy-voiced Pope skips homily for Palm Sunday, but manages Angelus

Mar 24, 2024
Elise Ann Allen

Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh, the Primate of All Ireland. (Credit: Irish bishops' conference.)

Irish archbishop calls for ‘peace, justice’ for Holy Week

Mar 24, 2024
Charles Collins

After leaving hospital yesterday, Pope leads Palm Sunday Mass

Apr 2, 2023
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Francis leaves hospital to return to Vatican for Holy Week

Apr 1, 2023
Crux Now Staff

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Pope marks July 4 by praying in Lampedusa for migrants who died seeking freedom and prosperity

Jul 4
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Pope urges US to recommit to founding ideas of protecting life, human dignity on 250th anniversary

Jul 4
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Catholic group that defied pope and caused schism defends its actions and casts itself as the victim

Jul 4
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