Petit tour du monde du Dimanche des Rameaux 2011

ROME

Pope Benedict XVI attends the Palm Sunday procession in Saint Peter's square at the Vatican, on April 17 2011. Palm Sunday marks the holy week of Easter in celebration of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

PARIS

The beginning of Holy Week is marked in Paris by the Catholic procession for Palm Sunday liturgy whose name is Palm Sunday and Passion.

The beginning of Holy Week is marked in Paris by the Catholic procession for Palm Sunday liturgy whose name is Palm Sunday and Passion.

SAN SALVADOR

Catholic faithful participate in the Palm Sunday procession in Cuscatlan, 45 km (28 miles) north of San Salvador, April 17, 2011, as they lead a a donkey carrying a statue of Jesus Christ.

GUATEMALA

Faithful await for the start of the Palms Sunday procession in Guatemala City, on April 17, 2011.

PARAGUAY

Catholics surround a statue of Christ as they take part in a procession while celebrating Palm Sunday outside the Metropolitan Cathedral in Capiata, 15 miles (24 km) north of Asuncion, April 17, 2011.

HANOÏ, VIETNAM

A Catholic priest holds a cross made by palm while attending the Palm Sunday mass at the St. Joseph Cathedral in Hanoi April 17, 2011.

PHILIPPINES

Catholic devotees carrying palms march during a Pam Sunday procession in Kidapawan City in the southern Philippines.

A Roman Catholic priest blesses people during the Palm Sunday in Manila on April 17, 2011

INDE

Indian Catholic Christians hold blessed palms formed into crosses during a Palm Sunday procession at the Saint Mary's Church in Secunderabad, the twin city of Hyderabad, on April 17, 2011, on Palm Sunday. 

SAINT DOMINGUE

Catholic faithful and a priest participate in the Palm Sunday procession in Santo Domingo April 17, 2011.

OVIEDO, ESPAGNE

Penitents take part in the procession of the "Estudiantes" brotherhood during Palm Sunday at the start of Holy Week in Oviedo, northern Spain, April 17, 2011.

BUCAREST, ROUMANIE 

An Orthodox nun holds an icon while walking with priests during a Palm Sunday pilgrimage going to several churches in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday afternoon, April 16, 2011. Thousands marched, according to local media, across Romania and attended religious services ahead of Palm Sunday. This year the country's Orthodox majority celebrates Easter along with the Catholics on April 24.

Orthodox priests carry a large icon during a Palm Sunday pilgrimage going to several churches in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday afternoon, April 16, 2011. Thousands marched, according to local media, across Romania and attended religious services ahead of Palm Sunday. This year the country's Orthodox majority celebrates Easter along with the Catholics on April 24.

JERUSALEM

Christian Orthodox priests and nuns carry palm tree branches during the Palm Sunday procession from Mt. Olives to Jerusalem's old city on April 16, 2011. The ceremony is a landmark in the Christian calendar, marking the triumphant return of Jesus Christ to Jerusalem the week before his crucifixion, when a cheering crowd greeted him waving palm leaves. Palm Sunday marks the start of the most solemn week in the Christian calendar.

Christian Orthodox nuns carry palm tree branches during the Palm Sunday procession from Mt. Olives to Jerusalem's old city on April 16, 2011.

Orthodox nuns hold palm fronds as they attend Palm Sunday festivities in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City April 17, 2011.

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Nuns attend the Palm Sunday celebration lead by Pope Benedict XVI in Saint Peter's square at the Vatican, on April 17 2011. Palm Sunday marks the holy week of Easter in celebration of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Pope Benedict XVI attends the Palm Sunday procession in Saint Peter's square at the Vatican on April 17, 2011. The Palm Sunday marks the holy week of Easter in celebration of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

A woman holds decorated willow blossoms in the shape of a cross prior to a Palm Sunday mass in Bad Toelz, southern Germany, on Sunday, April 17, 2011

Pope Benedict XVI blesses as he leads the Palm Sunday mass at the Vatican April 17, 2011.

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