Palm Sunday around the world
Christians around the world are marking Palm Sunday by waving fronds, attending church services and visiting sites in the Holy Land at the start of the Holy Week that ends with Easter.
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Quinn Kelley 0 Comment Travel, World Christianity, Easter, India, Jerusalem, Lebanon, Nigeria, Palm Sunday, Pope Francis, Syria
Christians around the world are marking Palm Sunday by waving fronds, attending church services and visiting sites in the Holy Land at the start of the Holy Week that ends with Easter.
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Greg Kohn 0 Comment The Baltimore Sun, Weather, World Austria, Bulgaria, Epiphany Day, King's Day, Poland, Pope Francis, Romani, skiing, Spain, Washington D.C.
The day in photos around the world.
Robert Hamilton 0 Comment Daily Brief Austria, Black Sea, China, French Open Tennis, General Serhiy Kulchytsky, Istanbul, Life Ball, motorcycle, Paris, Pope Francis, Romania, Rugby, tear gas, track and field, Turkey, Vienna
The day in photos around the world.
Police fire tear gas on protestors in Istanbul, Turkey, Lingerie Fighting Championships in north Las Vegas, the annual Life Ball Aids fundraiser in Vienna, Austria and other pictures from around the world.
Kalani Gordon 0 Comment World Person of the Year, Pope Francis, TIME
In the year since his surprise election, the Argentine-born pontiff has caught world attention by suggesting he might ease the Catholic Church’s strict rules on divorce, birth control, female priests and same-sex unions.
Greg Kohn 0 Comment Daily Brief, World Bulgaria, Dennis Rodman, Epiphany, Esuebio, India, London, Mexico, North Korea, Poland, Pope Francis, Portugal, skiing
Epiphany celebrators take to icy waters around the world, Portuguese soccer legend Eusébio is mourned, Dennis Rodman visits North Korea again, and more in today’s daily brief.
Michael Gold 0 Comment World Catholic Church, Christmas, Pope Francis, St. Peter's Square, Vatican City
In his first Christmas as the leader of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis used his “Urbi et Orbi” address to call for an end to the conflict in South Sudan and peace worldwide.
Kalani Gordon 0 Comment Daily Brief, Travel, World Christmas, daily brief, Getty Images, Pope Francis, Reuters
Children dressed in Santa Claus costumes pose in front of a sand sculpture featuring Jesus Christ, Santa hangs out with fishermen, last-minute deliveries and more in today’s daily breif .
Kalani Gordon 0 Comment Daily Brief Getty Images, Kiev, photography, photojournalism, Pope Francis, protests, Reuters, Santa Claus, Venice
Santa’s rowing boats on the Venice canal, Pope Francis visits a pediatric hospital, clashes in Germany and more in today’s daily breif.
Kalani Gordon 0 Comment The Baltimore Sun 2013, Person of the Year, Pope Francis, POTY, TIME
Time magazine named Pope Francis its Person of the Year on Wednesday, crediting him with shifting the message of the Catholic Church while capturing the “imaginations of millions” who had become disillusioned with the Vatican.
Robert Hamilton 0 Comment Daily Brief art exhibit, baptism, Brazil, Capitol, chimpanzee, China, Germany, India, Israel, Japan, Jordan River, Kuala Lumpur, London, Pope Francis, Rio de Janeiro, Singapore, Tiberias, Tokyo, Typhoon Wipha, Washington D.C.
Wild designs went on display during Fashion week in Singapore, Typhoon Wipha made life difficult for pedestrians in Japan, a faithful tosses a scarf to the Pontiff which he catches with his face and more in today’s daily brief.
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