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Victory Sunday

In our desire to uplift our material and physical well-being we often clutch at straws by clinging to false promises Palm Sunday is the day...

Getting ready for Palm Sunday

For these women, every minute counts as they prepare for big business with coconut palms for sale along Palanca Street in Quiapo, Manila on...

Pope leads Palm Sunday mass one day after leaving hospital

Pope Francis thanked those who prayed for him during his illness Sunday, after presiding over mass in St Peter's Square, just a day after...

Palm Sunday Blessing

Devotees wave palm fronds while some light candles at the National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help or Baclaran Church on April 2,...

Palm Sunday Ready

Vendors weave palm fronds near Sto. Domingo Church in Quezon City on Friday, two days before Catholics observe Palm Sunday. The fronds are sought...

Hosanna! Our King is here!

"As Lent went on, we lost our enthusiasm for prayer, fasting, and alms giving" Palm Sunday celebrates the triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. Why did...

Palaspas

A craftsperson creates a ‘palaspas’ five days before Palm Sunday. Makers and sellers of the ‘palaspas’ are expected to flock to Quiapo Church in...

Holy Week ‘Pabasa’

Parishioners of the San Guillermo in Talisay, Batangas start the annual “pabasa” on Palm Sunday, April 10. “Pabasa” is also known as Pasyon is...

Reflections

Tomorrow, Christians in the Philippines will mark Palm Sunday, also called Passion Sunday, the first day of the Holy Week in the Christian tradition,...

Holy Week 2021

"Here is the Pope’s message."     It used to be that Christianity’s holiest week is celebrated worldwide with people from all walks of life streaming to...

Entering Jerusalem as the pandemic worsens

"When will this suffering end? Where is this heading? Is there hope?"     The sudden serious surge of COVID-19 infections has caught us all unaware. Most...

Palm Sunday rites go online, defy virus

The celebration of Palm Sunday on April 5 this year is markedly different from the commemoration since this predominantly Christian nation of 108 million...

Priests, flock improvise on Palm Sunday

Priests delivered blessings from the back of trucks and motorized tricycles in the Philippine Sunday, adapting the deeply Catholic nation’s traditions to the battle...

Drive-by blessings in virus-hit Philippines

Priests delivered blessings from the back of trucks and motorised tricycles in the Philippine Sunday, adapting the deeply Catholic nation's traditions to the battle...
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