Palm Sunday 2022

Pope Francis opened Holy Week Sunday with a call for an Easter truce in Ukraine to make room for a negotiated peace, highlighting the need for leaders to ...

After two years of celebrating Palm Sunday Mass inside St. Peter’s Basilica without a crowd due to pandemic distancing measures, the solemn celebration returned to the square outside. Traditionally, the pope leads a Palm Sunday procession through St. Peter’s Square before celebrating Mass. Francis has been suffering from a strained ligament in his right knee that has caused him to limp, and he was driven in a black car to the altar, which he then reached with the help of an aide. We see this in the folly of war, where Christ is crucified yet another time,” he said. A truce to reach peace through real negotiations.” VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis opened Holy Week Sunday with a call for an Easter truce in Ukraine to make room for a negotiated peace, highlighting the need for leaders to “make some sacrifices for the good of the people.” Pope Francis opened Holy Week Sunday with a call for an Easter truce in Ukraine to make room for a negotiated peace, highlighting the need for leaders to “make some sacrifices for the good of the people.”

Celebrating Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square, Pope Francis said that the “folly of war” leads people to commit “senseless acts of cruelty.”

We see this in the folly of war, where Christ is crucified yet another time.” No. A truce to achieve peace through real negotiations," the Pontiff said, after celebrating Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square. Pope Francis has used his Palm Sunday address to call for "Easter truce" in Ukraine as he lamented "the folly of war."

Pope Francis on Sunday called for an Easter truce in Ukraine, and in an apparent reference to Russia, questioned the value of planting a victory flag "on a ...

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In the course of this week, let us cling to the certainty that God can forgive every sin. He forgives everyone. He can bridge every distance, ...

Let us now do the same, in silence, in our hearts, and repeat: Father, forgive them for they know not what they do. For Christ constantly intercedes for us before the Father (cf. Heb 7:25). Gazing upon our violent and tormented world, he never tires of repeating: Father, forgive them for they know not what they do. To react to the nails in our lives with love, to the buffets of hatred with the embrace of forgiveness. Brothers and sisters, in the course of this week, let us cling to the certainty that God can forgive every sin. In the hell of this world, he saw heaven opening up: “Today you will be with me in Paradise” (v. 43). This is the marvel of God’s forgiveness, which turned the last request of a man condemned to death into the first canonization of history. Just as in the parable of the wedding feast, where the father of the groom sends his servants into the streets and says: “Invite everybody: white, black, good and bad, everybody, the healthy, the sick, everybody…” (cf. Mt 22:9-10). The love of Jesus is for everyone; everyone has the same privilege: that of being loved and forgiven. Let us look to Jesus on the cross and realize that we have never been looked upon with a more gentle and compassionate gaze. Let us look to Jesus on the cross and understand that we have never received a more loving embrace. Let us look to Jesus on the cross and realize that greater words were never spoken: Father, forgive. One of his words, in particular, marked the difference with regard to the mantra “save yourself.” He said: “Father, forgive them” (v. 34). Pope Francis is pictured near palm fronds in the form of a cross as he prepares to greet the crowd at the conclusion of Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on April 10, 2022. The mantra “save yourself” collides with the words of the Savior who offers his self.

Jesus, by forgiving his enemies, demonstrated one of his most demanding commandments: that we love our enemies, Pope Francis continued.

“Take courage,” the Pope said. He was a criminal, crucified next to Jesus,” the Pope said in St. Peter’s Square. “We see this in the folly of war, where Christ is crucified yet another time,” the Pope underlined. “Christ is once more nailed to the cross in mothers who mourn the unjust death of husbands and sons. “Let us try to imagine the excruciating pain he suffered. When we cause suffering to others by our actions, God suffers, too, but he wants to offer us his forgiveness.

The leaders of the people said: “Let him save himself, if he is the Christ of God, his Chosen One” (Lk 23:35). The soldiers said the same thing: “If you are the ...

He asks us to break out of the mindset that says: “I will love you if you love me; I will be your friend if you are my friend; I will help you if you help me.” Rather, we are to show compassion and mercy to everyone, for God sees a son or a daughter in each person. In the hell of this world, he saw heaven opening up: “Today you will be with me in Paradise” (v. 43). This is the marvel of God’s forgiveness, which turned the last request of a man condemned to death into the first canonization of history. To react to the nails in our lives with love, to the buffets of hatred with the embrace of forgiveness. We lose sight of why we are in the world and even end up committing senseless acts of cruelty. As disciples of Jesus, do we follow the Master or do we follow our own desire to strike back? Let us look to Jesus on the cross and realize that we have never been looked upon with a more gentle and compassionate gaze. The Lord asks us to respond not as we feel, or as everyone else does, but in the way he acts toward us. Let us look to Jesus on the cross and understand that we have never received a more loving embrace. Let us look to Jesus on the cross and realize that greater words were never spoken: Father, forgive. One of his words, in particular, marked the difference with regard to the mantra “save yourself.” He said: “Father, forgive them” (v. 34). Unlike the other martyrs about whom the Bible speaks (cf. 2 Mac 7:18-19), Jesus did not rebuke his executioners or threaten punishments in the name of God; rather, he prayed for the evildoers. Let us try to imagine the excruciating pain he suffered.

Celebrating Palm Sunday Mass before crowds in St. Peter's Square for the first time since the pandemic, Pope Francis called for a truce.

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