AP PHOTOS: Christians celebrate Palm Sunday

Penitents of the Estrella brotherhood walk in procession across the so-called Triana bridge during Holy Week in Seville, Spain, Sunday, April 13, 2025. Hundreds of processions take place throughout Spain during the Easter Holy Week. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Women hold palm bouquets waiting for a Palm Sunday procession in the Kaqchikel indigenous community of San Pedro Sacatepequez, Guatemala, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Catholics take part in a Palm Sunday procession in the Kaqchikel indigenous community of San Pedro Sacatepequez, Guatemala, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

A Lithuanian Orthodox believer prays during the Palm Sunday Mass at the Orthodox Church of the Holy Spirit in Vilnius, Lithuania, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

The Passion statue “The Crucifixion” is carried in the Palm Sunday procession of the Catholic faithful in Heiligenstadt, Germany, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (Michael Reichel/dpa via AP)

Roman Catholic clergymen carry palm fronds during the Palm Sunday procession at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed by many to be the site of the crucifixion and burial of Jesus Christ, in Jerusalem’s Old City, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Ethiopian Orthodox Christian walk holding palm branches on the eve of Palm Sunday holiday on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem’s Old City, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Ethiopian Orthodox Christian worshippers gather for Palm Sunday celebrations at the Ethiopian monks’ quarters on the rooftop of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the place where Christians believe Jesus Christ was crucified, buried and resurrected, in Jerusalem, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Claudio Armando Ramirez, center, plays Jesus Christ during a Palm Sunday Passion Play at the San Lucas de Iztapalapa parish in Mexico City, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

A person receives communion during a Palm Sunday Passion Play at the San Lucas de Iztapalapa parish in Mexico City, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Catholic faithful march carrying Palm fronds to celebrate Palm Sunday, on the streets of Lagos, Nigeria, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Faithful hold up palm fronds outside the Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica of Santa Maria before a Palm Sunday Mass in Panama City, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

A man braids a palm to sell as his son sleeps during a Palm Sunday Mass at the sanctuary in Luque, Paraguay, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

A priest blesses people with water before a Palm Sunday Mass at the sanctuary in Luque, Paraguay, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

Cardinals arrive for the mass on Palm Sunday in St. Peter’s Square at The Vatican, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Francis arrives at the end of the mass on Palm Sunday in St. Peter’s Square at The Vatican, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

A security officer uses his cell phone to film as members of the Greek Orthodox Church in Syria march to mark Palm Sunday in the predominantly Christian al-Qassaa neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

Members of the Greek Orthodox Church in Syria march to mark Palm Sunday in the predominantly Christian al-Qassaa neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

In this photo released by Russian Orthodox Church Press Service on Saturday, April 12, 2025, an Orthodox priest blesses parishioners after an Orthodox religion service on eve of celebrating the Palm Sunday in the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow, Russia. (Oleg Varov/Russian Orthodox Church Press Service via AP)

Devotees wave their palm fronds during blessing rites outside the Antipolo Cathedral in Antipolo city, Philippines as they observe Palm Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Pakistani Christians attend a Palm Sunday Mass in St. Anthony Church in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

A Catholic holds cross made of blessed palm leaves during a Palm Sunday mass at Mariarani Cathedral in Nalgonda, Telangana State, India, Sunday, April 13, 2025. Palm Sunday marks the sixth and last Sunday of the Christian Holy month of Lent. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

Bishop Alexander Giorgi blesses a family outside their home during Palm Sunday celebrations in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

A woman hands a palm leaf to a person sleeping on the street during a Palm Sunday procession in the Padre Mujica neighborhood during Palm Sunday celebrations in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Children climb on a column to watch Romanian Orthodox priests and believers outside the Patriarchal Cathedral after an Orthodox Palm Sunday pilgrimage in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, April 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

Romanian Orthodox priests and believers stand outside the Patriarchal Cathedral after an Orthodox Palm Sunday pilgrimage in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, April 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)