Article: Pope opens busy Holy Week with Palm Sunday Mass


AP Worldstream
04-09-2006
Dateline: VATICAN CITY
Pope Benedict XVI opened a busy Holy Week on Sunday with a Palm Sunday Mass that was dedicated to young people.

Palm fronds and olive branches swayed in the springtime breeze in St. Peter's Square as Benedict entered the square and blessed the branches carried by the faithful. Wearing red vestments and a golden miter, or bishops' hat, Benedict himself carried a large curled palm frond as did the dozens of cardinals and bishops who joined him on the altar on the steps of the ...

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