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March 28, 2021

Pope Francis on Palm Sunday: Prayers for Indonesia after cathedral attack

March 28, 2021

“Let us pray for all the victims of violence,” Pope Francis said in remarks to the faithful praying the Palm Sunday Angelus with him in St Peter’s Basilica on Palm Sunday, “especially those of this morning's attack in Indonesia, in front of the Cathedral of Makassar,” on the southwest coast of South Sulawesi.

Pope Francis at Palm Sunday Angelus: No longer shocked, but sorely tried

March 28, 2021

“We have begun Holy Week," Pope Francis said at the Angelus following the liturgy. "For the second time we will live it within the context of the pandemic,” he noted. "Last year, we were mostly shocked," Pope Francis said. "This year we are more sorely tried."

Pope Francis on Palm Sunday: Our Lord “never stopped loving”

March 28, 2021

In his homily, Pope Francis focused on the sense of amazement Holy Week evokes, from the joy with which Our Lord is greeted on entering Jerusalem to the sorrow of his condemnation, passion, and crucifixion.

Too clever by half

March 28, 2021

A heavy-going return by the Patrick Melrose author.