Curated coverage for palm sunday with top developments, timeline context, and connected threads.
Pope Leo XIV was elected less than a year ago. He has already navigated a US-Iran war, the Holy Sepulchre crisis, and a Palm Sunday that will be studied in Catholic history. Here is how he has performed.
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The Church of the Holy Sepulchre was nearly destroyed multiple times in its 1,700-year history. Here is how Palm Sunday 2026's access crisis fits into that extraordinary story.
Ted Cruz and Mike Huckabee both criticized Israel for blocking the Latin Patriarch from the Holy Sepulchre. Here is why Christian Zionists are uncomfortable with what Israel did this Palm Sunday.
Israeli police blocked Cardinal Pizzaballa from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday. Italy summoned the Israeli ambassador. Here is the sequence of events.
Pope Leo XIV's Palm Sunday homily was the most politically charged papal address in decades. He quoted Isaiah, named no one, and was clearly talking to everyone.