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Pope Francis celebrates the Holy Mass of Palm Sunday in Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City, March 24, 2024. Palm Sunday is the biblical account of Jesus Christ's entry into Jerusalem, which ushers in Holy Week and Lent. Riccardo Antimiani, EPA-EFE 

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Pope Francis celebrates the Holy Mass of Palm Sunday

Patricia Nicole Caasi

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:900px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/171150828739912118818.jpg" style="width:900px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Pope Francis celebrates the Holy Mass of Palm Sunday in Saint Peter&#x27;s Square, Vatican City, March 24, 2024. Palm Sunday is the biblical account of Jesus Christ&#x27;s entry into Jerusalem, which ushers in Holy Week and Lent. Riccardo Antimiani, EPA-EFE  "/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Pope Francis celebrates the Holy Mass of Palm Sunday in Saint Peter&#x27;s Square, Vatican City, March 24, 2024. Palm Sunday is the biblical account of Jesus Christ&#x27;s entry into Jerusalem, which ushers in Holy Week and Lent. <em>Riccardo Antimiani, EPA-EFE </em></span><em> </em></span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>Pope Francis will lead world&#x27;s 1.3 billion Roman Catholics in commemorating Holy Week.</p><p>Holy Week starts on Palm Sunday when Christians remember Jesus&#x27; triumphal entry into Jerusalem followed just days later by his trial, crucifixion, death, and his resurrection on Easter Sunday.</p><p>Despite undergoing an abdominal operation in 2023 and suffering from repeated cases of bronchitis in recent months, Pope Francis&#x27;s schedule this Holy Week is packed.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/overseas/12/14/23/pray-for-my-health-pope-reflects-on-old-age-gaza-ukraine">&#x27;Pray for my health&#x27;: Pope Francis reflects on old age, Gaza, Ukraine</a></div><p>Here are some of his activities, based on a schedule released by the Vatican.</p><div> </div><div><strong>Holy Thursday<br/></strong></div><p>At 9:30 a.m. at St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Francis will hold a Chrism Mass in the presence of cardinals, bishops, and priests. During the event, he will bless the oil of the sick, the oil of catechumens, and the chrism oil to be used in the coming year.</p><p>Holy Thursday commemorates the Last Supper celebrated by Jesus and his disciples.</p><div> </div><div><strong>Good Friday</strong></div><p>At 5 p.m. at St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Francis will preside over a celebration for the Passion of the Lord and shall lead the Stations of the Cross devotion.</p><div><span dir="ltr" id="isPasted">The liturgical celebration for Good Friday comes with the annual observance of Jesus Christ’s arrest, crucifixion, death, and burial. The Pope traditionally leads a solemn procession at the Vatican, symbolically carrying the cross along the Via Crucis.</span></div><div> </div><div><strong>Holy Saturday<br/></strong></div><p>Pope Francis will lead the mass for Easter Vigil at 7:30 p.m. at St. Peter’s Basilica. According to the Roman Missal, the Easter Vigil marks Christ&#x27;s passage from death to life.</p><p>At the start of the service, the basilica is typically in darkness to signify Jesus&#x27; tomb before his resurrection. Then the pope, cardinals, bishops and members of the congregation light candles and finally the basilica&#x27;s lights are turned on.</p><p>The pontiff also baptizes new Catholics during the Mass.</p><div> </div><div><strong>Easter Sunday<br/></strong></div><p>At 10 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis will preside over a Mass on a flower-adorned parvise and give his annual Easter message known by its Latin name “urbi et orbi” which means “to the city and the world”. At noon, he will bless thousands of faithful from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/3/13/pope-francis-loses-cap-during-weekly-audience-2253">Pope Francis loses cap during weekly audience</a></div><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/3/17/pope-francis-calls-for-release-of-kidnapped-and-end-to-violence-in-haiti-2225">Pope Francis calls for release of kidnapped and end to violence in Haiti</a></div><div> </div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>Pope Francis will lead world's 1.3 billion Roman Catholics in commemorating Holy Week.</p>

Pope Francis will lead world's 1.3 billion Roman Catholics in commemorating Holy Week.

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Patricia Nicole Caasi

Published Mar 28, 2024 09:00 AM PHT

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