(ChurchLeaders) Despite lockdowns and quarantines, Christians throughout the world found innovative ways to observe Palm Sunday and the beginning of Holy Week. Some people taped construction-paper branches to their doors or windows, while others waved branches during online worship services.
In a modern-day nod to Jesus’ Palm Sunday entry into Jerusalem, some churches held “car parades,” with worshipers waving fronds out windows.
Other congregations marked the holy day by distributing free meals and supplies.
In a historic first at St. Peter’s in Rome, Pope Francis livestreamed Palm Sunday Mass from an almost-empty basilica.