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<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Filipino Catholics said they were praying for &#x27;peace for the whole world&#x27; on Palm Sunday (March 24) at a mass marking the beginning of the Holy Week.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hundreds of devotees attended the morning mass at a church in Antipolo City, about 20 kilometers east of Manila, waving their palm fronds as a sign of discipleship and remembrance of Jesus Christ. The blessed palms are later placed outside their houses in a belief that it will ward off evil spirits.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;Almost every day we pray for peace with the world, especially in wars and other conflict areas. Our prayers and sacrifices are all for peace,” said Reynnante Tolentino, the parish rector of the church.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Holy Week, which begins from Palm Sunday and ends on Easter Sunday, marks the last week of Lent, during which Christians fast, pray and give alms to the needy.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Roman Catholics make up about 80 percent of the more than 110 million Philippine population.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/3/24/marcos-jr-reminds-public-have-meaningful-reflective-holy-week-1006" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a class="fr-strong fr-green" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/3/24/marcos-jr-reminds-public-have-meaningful-reflective-holy-week-1006" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">READ: Marcos Jr. reminds public to ‘have meaningful, reflective’ Holy Week</a></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/3/24/filipino-catholics-mark-start-of-holy-week-926"></a><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/3/24/filipino-catholics-mark-start-of-holy-week-926">LOOK: Palm Sunday rites open observance of Holy Week</a></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><em>(Production: Jay Ereno, Lorenzo Lesaba, Peter Blaza)</em></span></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>Filipino Catholics said they were praying for 'peace for the whole world' on Palm Sunday (March 24) at a mass marking the beginning of the Holy Week.</p>

Filipino Catholics said they were praying for 'peace for the whole world' on Palm Sunday (March 24) at a mass marking the beginning of the Holy Week.

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Filipino Catholics pray for peace in 'conflict areas' on Palm Sunday

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Published Mar 24, 2024 05:45 PM PHT

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