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Palm Sunday

The history of the pope’s palms — the ‘parmureli’

News: Palm Sunday

Michelle La Rosa
Apr 04, 2022
∙ Paid

Next weekend is Palm Sunday, the start of Holy Week. Around the world, Catholics will commemorate Jesus riding into Jerusalem on a donkey ahead of his Passion, as the crowds laid palm branches at his feet.

Pope Francis at Palm Sunday Mass in 2021. Credit: Giuseppe Lami/Pool photo via AP.

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