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Article: Pope opens Holy Week with Palm Sunday Mass in the Vatican, pilgrims march in Jerusalem
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- Chicago Defender
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- April 10, 2006
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VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI blessed palm fronds and olive branches Sunday in the Vatican, opening a ritual-filled: Holy Week that pilgrims in Jerusalem celebrated in a procession retracing Jesus' triumphant return to the holy city some 2,000 years ago.
Benedict processed through St. Peter's Square in Rome, which was lush with the palms and olive trees that are emblematic of the ceremony.
The pope told tens of thousands of people gathered under a brilliant springtime sun that the olive branches were symbols of Christ's peace, the palms symbols of his martyrdom. Palm Sunday marks the beginning of the church's weeklong commemoration of the last days of Christ's life and his resurrection ...