Vatican officials estimated some 60,000 people attended the Mass, held under a sunny ... around the piazza at the end of the service. Palm Sunday kicks off a busy week for Francis leading up ...

Pope Francis asperges holy water as he celebrates a Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, March 29, 2015. Tens of thousands joined the pope with olive and palm branches ...

Palm Sunday - which commemorates the entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem - marks the beginning of a holy week for Christians, which ends with Easter. Churches in the country livestreamed Mass ...

Pope Francis led the Easter Mass at St Peter's Square in Vatican City on Easter Sunday ... ahead of Orthodox Palm Sunday. Many Orthodox churches base their Easter date on the Julian calendar ...