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Article: Pope opens busy Holy Week with Palm Sunday Mass dedicated to young people
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- April 9, 2006
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NICOLE WINFIELD, Associated Press Writer
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 trees swayed in the springtime breeze in St. Peter's Square as Benedict blessed the branches carried by the faithful, as is tradition on Palm Sunday.
Wearing embroidered red vestments and a golden miter, or bishop's hat, Benedict carried a large curled palm frond, as did the dozens of cardinals and bishops who joined him at the altar on the sun-soaked steps of the basilica.
Palm Sunday commemorates Jesus Christ's triumphant entry into Jerusalem, and is the start of the ...