Palm Sunday

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.

On Sunday, a snake catcher rescued a 13-foot king cobra from an Andhra Pradesh palm oil plantation. A farmer discovered the snake and immediately contacted Venkatesh, the snake catcher, who rescued the reptile.

Pope Francis marked a surreal Palm Sunday in an empty St. Peter's Basilica, urging people living through the coronavirus pandemic not to be so concerned with what they lack but how they can ease the suffering of others.

Cannes Film Festival: The Square won the Palme d'Or top prize at the Cannes film festival Sunday while Joaquin Phoenix won best actor and Diane Kruger won best actress

Coptic Christians suffered in the worst set of attacks in decades, as more than 44 are killed.

Bombings at two Egyptian churches killed more than 35 people as they gathered to mark Palm Sunday, officials said, in one of the deadliest recent attacks on the country's Coptic Christians.

Pope Francis condemned a deadly blast at a church in Egypt and said at a Palm Sunday Mass that the world was suffering from wars, terrorism and "interests that are armed and ready to strike".

A bomb blast at a church north of Cairo killed at least 15 people and wounded dozens who had gathered for Palm Sunday mass, state media reported, in the latest apparent attack on Egypt's Coptic Christians.

Pope Francis led the world's Roman Catholics in Palm today celebrations by paying tribute to those killed for their faith, a reference to the victims of Islamic State militants.

Churches in Kerala on Sunday were crowded on the occasion of Palm Sunday.

Militants loyal to Islamic State claimed a bomb attack on a police checkpoint in the Libyan capital on Sunday, the latest in a series of attacks in Tripoli.

President Barack Obama warned on Monday that religious violence had no place in US society after a gunman with alleged anti-Semitic ties killed three people at a Jewish center and retirement home.

Pope Francis, marking Palm today in a packed St. Peter's Square, ignored his prepared homily and spoke entirely off-the-cuff in a remarkable departure from practice.

A tired and sombre-looking Pope Francis led a Palm Sunday service before more than 100,000 people, opening two packed weeks of activities including Easter and the canonisation of two popes.

Pope Francis is celebrating Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square, which is filled with thousands of people waving olive branches and palm fronds.

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.

On Sunday, a snake catcher rescued a 13-foot king cobra from an Andhra Pradesh palm oil plantation. A farmer discovered the snake and immediately contacted Venkatesh, the snake catcher, who rescued the reptile.

Pope Francis marked a surreal Palm Sunday in an empty St. Peter's Basilica, urging people living through the coronavirus pandemic not to be so concerned with what they lack but how they can ease the suffering of others.

Cannes Film Festival: The Square won the Palme d'Or top prize at the Cannes film festival Sunday while Joaquin Phoenix won best actor and Diane Kruger won best actress

Coptic Christians suffered in the worst set of attacks in decades, as more than 44 are killed.

Bombings at two Egyptian churches killed more than 35 people as they gathered to mark Palm Sunday, officials said, in one of the deadliest recent attacks on the country's Coptic Christians.

Pope Francis condemned a deadly blast at a church in Egypt and said at a Palm Sunday Mass that the world was suffering from wars, terrorism and "interests that are armed and ready to strike".

A bomb blast at a church north of Cairo killed at least 15 people and wounded dozens who had gathered for Palm Sunday mass, state media reported, in the latest apparent attack on Egypt's Coptic Christians.

Pope Francis led the world's Roman Catholics in Palm today celebrations by paying tribute to those killed for their faith, a reference to the victims of Islamic State militants.

Churches in Kerala on Sunday were crowded on the occasion of Palm Sunday.

Militants loyal to Islamic State claimed a bomb attack on a police checkpoint in the Libyan capital on Sunday, the latest in a series of attacks in Tripoli.

President Barack Obama warned on Monday that religious violence had no place in US society after a gunman with alleged anti-Semitic ties killed three people at a Jewish center and retirement home.

Pope Francis, marking Palm today in a packed St. Peter's Square, ignored his prepared homily and spoke entirely off-the-cuff in a remarkable departure from practice.

A tired and sombre-looking Pope Francis led a Palm Sunday service before more than 100,000 people, opening two packed weeks of activities including Easter and the canonisation of two popes.

Pope Francis is celebrating Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square, which is filled with thousands of people waving olive branches and palm fronds.