Faithful mark Palm Sunday with prayer and processions

Members of the clergy carry palm branches on the day of the Palm Sunday Mass in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican on March 29, 2026.

Catholic nuns hold palm fronds at the Palm Sunday Mass, commemorating Jesus Christ's entry into Jerusalem, at the Latin Patriarchate in the old city of Jerusalem on March 29, 2026. Israeli authorities have cancelled the Palm Sunday procession in Jerusalem due to wartime restrictions. Israel has been at war since it and the US launched strikes against Iran on February 28, sparking swift retaliation by the Islamic republic which responded with missile attacks across the region.

Father Gabriel Romanelli, parish priest at the Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Family, leads the Palm Sunday service at the church in Gaza City on March 29, 2026.

A girl holds a cross as she arrives at St. Touma Melkite Catholic Church to celebrate Palm Sunday, amid escalating hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, as the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran continues, in Tyre, Lebanon on March 29, 2026.

A clergyman carries a cross adorned with leaves during a procession as Palestinian Christians attend a Palm Sunday Mass at Holy Family Church, in Gaza City on March 29, 2026.

Pope Leo XIV arrives to lead a mass for Palm Sunday at St Peter's square in the Vatican on March 29, 2026.

Donkeys wearing crosses made of palm leaves lead a procession into the Chelsea Old Church for a Palm Sunday service in London, Britain on March 29, 2026.

Father Gabriel Romanelli, parish priest at the Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Family, hands out palm fronds during the Palm Sunday service at the church in Gaza City on March 29, 2026.