196K views · 9.4K reactions | Highlights of Pope Francis' celebration of the Liturgy of the Passion of the Lord on Good Friday in St. Peter’s Basilica. Read more: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2024-03/pope-celebrates-solemn-liturgy-of-lord-passion-on-good-friday1.html | Vatican News | Facebook

About 40,000 people filled St. Peter’s Square for Palm Sunday Mass marking the beginning of Holy Week celebrations that commemorate the Lord’s passion, death and resurrection. Cardinal Leonardo Sandri presided over the celebration and read the Pope’s homily, reflecting on the Simon Cyrenes in our every day lives. “How many Simons of Cyrene are there in our own day, bearing the cross of Christ on their shoulders! Can we recognize them? Can we see the Lord in their faces, marred by the burden of w