Christians Mark Palm Sunday

Pope Francis leads the Palm Sunday Mass at Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican.

Members of the clergy holds palm branches at the start of the Palm Sunday mass led by Pope Francis at Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican.

Prefect of the Papal Household Monsignor Georg Gaenswein, right, holds a palm leaf as he walks in procession at the beginning of a Palm Sunday Mass celebrated by Pope Francis, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican.

Christian clergymen carry palm fronds during the Palm Sunday procession in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, traditionally believed by many to be the site of the crucifixion, in Jerusalem's Old City.

Christian pilgrims hold palm fronds during the Palm Sunday procession in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, traditionally believed by many to be the site of the crucifixion, in Jerusalem's Old City.

Belarussian Catholics re-enact a moment in the life of Jesus Christ in a Catholic church before a procession to celebrate Palm Sunday in the town of Oshmiany.

Belarussian Catholics carry a wooden cross as they take part in a procession celebrating Palm Sunday in the town of Oshmiany.

Roman Catholic devotees wave palm fronds to be blessed by a priest to commemorate Palm Sunday which marks the beginning of Holy Week at the Redemptorist Church in Baclaran, south of Manila, Philippines.

Young penitents attend a Palm Sunday procession in Pontevedra, northern Spain.

An Indian Christian devotee dressed like Jesus Christ sits on a donkey as others hold palm leaves during a Palm Sunday procession in Hyderabad, India.